Re: [pca] Packages are older after upgrading and patching

[Don O'Malley]

Hi Laurent, The VERSION of the servicetags pkgs in Solaris have not changed in Solaris 10 Update 10: # grep VERSION /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10*/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagu/pkginfo /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u10/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagu/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u4/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagu/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u5/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagu/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u6/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagu/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u7/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagu/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u8/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagu/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u9/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagu/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 # grep VERSION /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10*/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagr/pkginfo /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u10/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagr/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u4/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagr/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u5/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagr/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u6/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagr/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u7/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagr/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u8/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagr/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u9/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWservicetagr/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 # grep VERSION /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10*/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWstosreg/pkginfo /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u10/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWstosreg/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u4/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWstosreg/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u5/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWstosreg/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u6/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWstosreg/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u7/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWstosreg/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u8/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWstosreg/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 /export/images/SPARC/solaris_10_u9/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWstosreg/pkginfo:VERSION=1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 root@patchtest # What I reckon has happened is that you have picked up higher Service Tags pkgs somewhere along the line. Did you download and install the Services Tools Bundle perhaps (eg. https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/Services/download?type=readme&aru=13841920)? Best, -Don On 21/11/11 14:56, laur...@elanor.org wrote: Hi all, I've done a luupgrade, then patched a system up to the Nov 8th level (-i mrs) After booting on the upgraded BE, trying to reattach a zone, I get the following error: # zoneadm -z zone attach -U zoneadm: zone 'zone': ERROR: attempt to downgrade package SUNWservicetagr 1.1.4,REV=2008.04.25.09.06 to version 1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 zoneadm: zone 'zone': ERROR: attempt to downgrade package SUNWservicetagu 1.1.4,REV=2008.04.25.09.06 to version 1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 zoneadm: zone 'zone': ERROR: attempt to downgrade package SUNWstosreg 1.1.4,REV=2008.04.25.09.06 to version 1.0,REV=2007.05.21.20.36 How is it possible that *after upgrading*, this packages went from v1.1.4 to 1.0? Is that because of patch 138195-04, that was not present in the old BE, but has been installed in the new one? Laurent -- Don O'Malley Manager, Patch System Test Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland Phone: +353 1 8199764 Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test...@oracle.com