[indiana-discuss] Is the 2008.05 iso now based on build 91?
Dennis Clarke
blastwave at gmail.com
Tue Jul 1 11:40:52 PDT 2008
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote:
> 2008/7/1 Dennis Clarke <blastwave at gmail.com>:
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:05 PM, <David.Comay at sun.com> wrote:
>>>>> Which version of pkg(5) are you running? You can check this using the
>>>>> command "pkg version".
>>>>
>>>> like this mess ?
>>>>
>>>> -bash-3.2# pkg version
>>>> d974bb176266
>>>
>>> Right. So that obscure hash means you're running the 2008.05 FCS
>>> version of SUNWipkg. Perhaps we should provide some sort of table on a
>>> web page to allow easier decoding of the SUNWipkg version but in this
>>> particular case, it looks like you haven't updated your SUNWipkg
>>> version on the system via
>>>
>>> $ pfexec pkg refresh
>>> $ pfexec pkg install SUNWipkg at 0.5.11-0.86
>>
>> correct .. I have been very leary of jumping on that ...
>>
>> I guess I better bite that bullet and see what happens
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> ps: why the pfexec stuff ?
>
> Because he's assuming you're running as the user created during
> install of 2008.05.
>
> Thus, pfexec is needed to execute pkg with the necessary priviliges.
oh
I have a serial console and a terminal connected .. also .. I tossed
out that root role stuff.
Dennis
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