Hi,

On 06/01/2012 20:58, Edward Pilatowicz wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 03:27:26PM +0000, Peter Dennis wrote:
>> UPDATE SUMMARY
>> solaris
>>   ips-incorporation
>>     Installed 0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.0
>>     Possible  0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.1.0.0.0
>>     Possible  0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.2.0.3.0 reboot required.
>>     Possible  0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.3.0.3.0 reboot required.
>>
> you can't determine if a reboot is required for a "possible" package
> without actually creating a plan which installs that "possible" package.
True, but this is really a benefit for 'pkg update -n' which will go
through the plan creation phase and inform users if a reboot is needed.
If for some reason they want to update a group of packages but not
perform a reboot this would enable them to determine which packages can
be installed.

Shawn, your proposal looks very useful. If it can use the
pkg.human-version that will make things even clearer for users.
Providing a 'human version' and the actual FMRI is fine provided that
the output does not become too verbose or confusing.

Cheers,
~Al

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*Albert White*
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