[indiana-discuss] indiana and multiple ips repos?

[Bart Smaalders]

ludo wrote:
> Hi,
> I am testing an internal ips repository.
> 
> After some try/errors, I am in a situation where some package files are 
> on disk, but not known by the ips status command.
> 
> When I do
> # pkg install SUNWapch22m-php5
> DOWNLOAD                                    PKGS       FILES     XFER (MB)
> SUNWlxml                                    2/11      79/850    
> 6.52/68.26Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 856, in ?
>    ret = main_func()
>  File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 824, in main_func
>    return install(img, pargs)
>  File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 367, in install
>    verbose = verbose, noexecute = noexecute)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/image.py", line 
> 930, in list_install
>    ip.execute()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/imageplan.py", line 
> 321, in execute
>    p.preexecute()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/pkgplan.py", line 
> 247, in preexecute
>    flist.get_files()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/filelist.py", line 
> 194, in get_files
>    os.link(extract_path, cppath)
> OSError: [Errno 17] File exists
> 
> 

I'm not sure how you got in this state...

> Which file exists? Not clear...
> 
> Any way to force the reinstallation of a package?
> Do I need to reinstall Indiana to restore this system?
> 
Try

pkg uninstall SUNWapch22m-php5

or try installing it again.

> What if a package FOO is available from 2 different repositories, you 
> install it from one repo, then switch to the other repository. What is 
> the status there? Can I update it from the 2nd repository?
> 
Depends on the version of the packages; if the new repo's packages are
later (either via version or timestamp), you'll get the new packages.

> Thanks for some help, The errors messages are at best very cryptics and 
> minimalist.

IPS is very much a work in progress.  It does manage to upgrade between
preview 1 and preview 2, though.

- Bart


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