Why the different steps to update each time there is a repository update? I am currently running build 92 wouldn't
pfexec pkg reresh pfexec pkg image-update these commands suffice? I was under the impression it created the alternate boot environment for you, or has this changed? -------------------------------------------------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 3:17 AM To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Subject: [indiana-discuss] http://pkg.opensolaris.org/ package repositoryupdate (build 93) > The OpenSolaris development package repository > > http://pkg.opensolaris.org/ > > has been updated to reflect the changes in snv_92 and snv_93 including > an update to GNOME 2.22.2 and fixes to the Caiman "Slim Install" and > the Image Packaging System (IPS). Users who wish to update their > systems to the development build can do so using the "image-update" > facility provided by the pkg(1) command. For important information > about "image-update", see the instructions below. > > IMPORTANT NOTE: The development builds have undergone limited testing > and users should expect to uncover issues as the next release is > developed. > > ISO images are being made available for this build > via BitTorrent. Torrent files are provided as follows > > Primary Languages, gzip compression, 735 MB > http://dlc.sun.com/torrents/info/osol-0811-93.iso.torrent > (if burned to media, image should be burned to a DVD) > > All Languages, LZMA compression, 652 MB > http://dlc.sun.com/torrents/info/osol-0811-93-global.iso.torrent > (if burned to media, image can be burned to a CD) > > MD5 checksums for these images > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/files/md5sums_93.txt > > New packages in this repository update > ====================================== > SUNWcxwsvr Simplified Chinese X Window System Screen > SUNWdesktop-cache desktop-cache is a set of SMF services used to > SUNWdexwsvr German X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWesxwsvr Spanish X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWfrxwsvr French X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWgnome-gvfs GNOME virtual file system framework > SUNWgnome-img-editor-help-pl Gimp on-line help in Polish > SUNWgnome-power-manager GNOME Power Manager utilities for desktop users > SUNWgnu-gettext GNU gettext > SUNWhkxwsvr Traditional Chinese X Window System Screen > SUNWhxwsvr Traditional Chinese X Window System Screen > SUNWitxwsvr Italian X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWjdoc Japanese Documentation Tools > SUNWjxwsvr Japanese X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWkxwsvr Korean X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWlibpcap libpcap - a packet capture library > SUNWlibsoup Libsoup is an HTTP client/server library for > SUNWlinks links - WWW text browser > SUNWmysql5jdbc Connector/J JDBC driver 5.1.5 for MySQL > SUNWplxwsvr Polish X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWptxwsvr Brazilian Portuguese X Window System Screen > SUNWruxwsvr Russian X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWslib GNU slib - a portable library for the > SUNWsvxwsvr Swedish X Window System Screen Saver/Locker > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-de GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-es GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-fr GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-it GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-ja GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-ko GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-ptBR GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-ru GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-sv GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-zhCN GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-zhHK GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-l10n-ui-zhTW GNOME Trusted Extensions software message files > SUNWtgnome-tsol-libs GNOME Trusted Extensions Libraries - platform > SUNWtgnome-tsoljdsdevmgr GNOME Trusted Device Manager > SUNWtgnome-tsoljdslabel GNOME Trusted Extensions Session Label Selector > SUNWtgnome-tsoljdsselmgr GNOME Trusted Extensions Selection Manager > SUNWtgnome-tstripe GNOME Trusted Stripe > SUNWtgnome-xagent GNOME Trusted Xagent > SUNWxdg-user-dirs-gtk GTK Frontend for handling user directories > > New language clusters in this repository update > =============================================== > lang-support-albanian Albanian > lang-support-all all > lang-support-arabic Arabic > lang-support-bulgarian Bulgarian > lang-support-catalan Catalan > lang-support-chinese-CN Chinese (Simplified) > lang-support-chinese-HK Chinese (Traditional; Hong Kong) > lang-support-chinese-TW Chinese (Traditional; Taiwan) > lang-support-common common > lang-support-croatian Croatian > lang-support-czech Czech > lang-support-danish Danish > lang-support-dutch Dutch > lang-support-english English > lang-support-estonian Estonian > lang-support-finnish Finnish > lang-support-french French > lang-support-german German > lang-support-greek Greek > lang-support-hebrew Hebrew > lang-support-hungarian Hungarian > lang-support-icelandic Icelandic > lang-support-indic Indic > lang-support-italian Italian > lang-support-japanese Japanese > lang-support-korean Korean > lang-support-latvian Latvian > lang-support-lithuanian Lithuanian > lang-support-macedonian Macedonian > lang-support-maltese Maltese > lang-support-norwegian Norwegian > lang-support-norwegian-bokmal Norwegian Bokmal > lang-support-norwegian-nynorsk Norwegian Nynorsk > lang-support-polish Polish > lang-support-portuguese Portugese > lang-support-portuguese-BR Portugese (Brazil) > lang-support-romanian Romanian > lang-support-russian Russian > lang-support-serbian Serbian > lang-support-serbo-croatian Serbo-Croatian > lang-support-slovakian Slovakian > lang-support-slovenian Slovenian > lang-support-spanish Spanish > lang-support-swedish Swedish > lang-support-thai Thai > lang-support-turkish Turkish > > Known issues in this repository update > ====================================== > 2328 Package Manager no longer can install/update packages > http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=2328 > > As this time, the Package Manager cannot be used to install or > update packages. When an attempt is made to do so, the > application will display an error to standard output ending > with the line > > TypeError: __init__() takes at least 4 non-keyword arguments (3 given) > > Work-around: > > Use the pkg(1) command to install or update packages on the > system. > > Caiman specific bugs addressed in this repository update > ======================================================== > 82 Installer crashes after 3 seconds > 1092 After installation, cruft is left in / > 1258 Locale screen: Change "Locale:" dropdown label > 1263 libbe.c: beRollback has incorrect description > 1868 beadm destroy creates an empty grub menu > 2045 The output of BE is not sorted > 2263 microroot overflows with latest changes to IPS > 2320 DC needs a C-python interface for the TI module > 2357 combo box of installer does not support a11y > 2387 libbe.so:beCopy() frees nvlist variables before using them > > Image Packaging System (IPS) specific bugs addressed in this repository > update > ============================================================================== > 777 Image.find_root thinks a repository is an image > 954 Updating of IPS using IPS fails > 1081 pkg install in a not-yet-created image now gives a traceback > 1121 normal user gets a traceback when running "pkg install <pkg>" from > 1259 Need CLI option to retrieve preferred authority > 1364 pkgsend(1) missing trailing double quote in -s description > 1733 language support clusters > 1796 NetBeans and ClusterTools groupings have no description > 1874 SUNWgnome-libs needs dependency on SUNWgnome-xml > 1981 The BE name created when an install/uninstall fails is too long > 2024 "Monospaced" font doesn't work in Java > 2156 filelist.ramdisk no longer needs to contain etc/zfs/zpool.cache > 2176 SUNWvirt-manager missing dependencies > 2209 license install failure on Windows if license file already exists > 2216 /usr/has/man contents pointing to non-existent file > 2222 pkg search traceback on Windows > 2275 remove fs-usr customization > 2278 depot - content should be served using relative, not absolute urls > 2293 filelist is returning incorrect Content-Type header > 2295 pkg forgets to raise TransferTimedOutException > 2309 pkg.depotd fails when -d argument is a relative pathname > 2313 resync repository to snv_92 > 2314 shebang lines should use minimum python version > 2315 disposing of manifests following evalution yields 130MB heap > reduction > 2324 SUNWipkg needs to declare a dependency on SUNWpython-cherrypy > 2331 depot command-line parsing errors cause traceback > 2332 depot command-line parsing could be more helpful > 2343 move of directory to salvagedir fails on Windows > 2345 import of unbundled and clusters no longer working > 2351 SUNWdesktop-cache, SUNWtgnome-* and some G11N packages needed > 2398 resync repository to snv_93 > > General instructions on updating to the latest OpenSolaris development > build > ============================================================================ > 1) Before using the "image-update" subcommand, it is recommended that > the latest available version of the IPS software be installed for your > current boot environment > > $ BUILD=`uname -v | sed s/snv_//` > $ pfexec pkg refresh > $ pfexec pkg install [EMAIL PROTECTED] > $ pfexec pkg install [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 2) Before proceeding to the next step, verify your OpenSolaris build > number > > $ echo $BUILD > > 3) If you are running build 93 or greater, you can use "image-update" > directly as follows > > $ pfexec pkg image-update > > 4) If you are using a build prior to 93, it is recommended one apply > the update directly to an alternate boot environment. First, display > the list of the existing BEs on the system > > $ beadm list > BE Active Active on Mountpoint Space > Name reboot Used > ---- ------ --------- ---------- ----- > opensolaris no no - 33.92M > opensolaris-1 yes yes - 17.06M > > Next, choose the name of a new BE - if the most recent created BE is of > the form "opensolaris-<N>" where <N> is an integer, then a suitable > choice for the new BE is "opensolaris-<N+1>". In the above example, > the new BE would be "opensolaris-2". > > Then, execute the following sequence to create, mount, update and > activate the new BE > > $ pfexec beadm create opensolaris-<N+1> > $ pfexec beadm mount opensolaris-<N+1> /mnt > $ pfexec pkg -R /mnt image-update > $ pfexec beadm activate opensolaris-<N+1> > > 5) If you are running build 86, one additional work-around is > required. > > >>>>>>>>>> IMPORTANT <<<<<<<<<< > > Due to changes in the GRUB boot system, one must manually update the > Master Boot Record (MBR) to include these latest changes. Failure to > follow these instructions when updating from 2008.05 (build 86) to a > later build will result in a system that does not boot by default and > instead the original boot environment must be manually selected. > > Update the GRUB configuration on your ZFS boot device(s) using > > $ pfexec /mnt/boot/solaris/bin/update_grub -R /mnt > > When you're ready to boot into the updated boot environment, you can > reboot(1M) or init(1M) as usual. > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
