2008/6/24 Kevin Monceaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> First, my complements to the Indiana team!!!  I took the very first
> developer preview for a spin back when it came out.  I then took a break
> from Indiana for a while.  Recently I came back for another look.  I think
> I've just about convinced myself to switch my home desktop box from Linux
> to OpenSolaris.  And, I've been a Linux user since the 1.xx kernel days,
> so that takes a lot of convincing.
>
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Shawn Walker wrote:
>
>> 2008/6/22 Juan Miguel Bernal Marcos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I couldn't install IPSgawk from IPS blastwave repository but I could
>>> install: SUNWgcc, SUNWgmake, SUNWxorg-headers. This is the error
>>> message:
>>>
>>> $ pfexec pkg install IPSgawk
>>> pkg: no package matching 'IPSgawk' could be found in current catalog
>>>     suggest relaxing pattern, refreshing and/or examining catalogs
>>> pkg: install failed: Unable to assemble image plan.
>>
>> Try: "pkg install pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
> I've recently encountered a similar issue.  Is this a snv_91 issue?  I
> currently have the following authorities:
>
> AUTHORITY                           URL
> opensolaris.org (preferred)         http://pkg.opensolaris.org:80/
> blastwave.org                       http://blastwave.network.com:10000/
>
> Before upgrading to svn_91 I could install packages from BlastWave, using
> GNU screen as an example, with just:
>
>     pkg install IPSscrn
>
> Since upgrading, I have to use the full FMRI complete with authority
> name, such as:
>
>     pkg install pkg://blastwave.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Yet, the short version of the name works with:
>
>     pkg info -r IPSscrn
>
> Is requiring the full FMRI when installing intentional or is this a
> problem with the latest version of ips?

It is currently intentional as a temporary workaround for a different issue.

This behaviour will eventually be changed such that all authorities
are checked, but it is a necessary evil until then.

Thanks,
-- 
Shawn Walker
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