[indiana-discuss] pkg install fails with "timed out"

[Moinak Ghosh]

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote:
> 2008/6/4 Moinak Ghosh <moinakg at gmail.com>:
>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote:
>>> 2008/6/4 Aubrey Li <aubrey at blastwave.org>:
>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Seema Alevoor <Seema.Alevoor at sun.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have installed OpenSolaris 2008.05. I'm trying to get SUNWapch22 package using
>>>>> 'pfexec pkg install SUNWapch22' but every time it fails midway (it is very erratic - sometimes fails after getting 180 files,
>>>>> sometimes after 300 files) with the following msg.
>>>>> I tried installing a smaller package (SUNWnetcat) and it goes through fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------
>>>>> $ pfexec pkg install SUNWapch22
>>>>> DOWNLOAD                                    PKGS       FILES     XFER (MB)
>>>>> SUNWapch22                                   0/1      80/876    1.47/12.29pkg: An unexpected error happened during installation: timed out
>>>>> The Boot Environment opensolaris failed to be updated. A snapshot was taken before the failed attempt and is mounted here /tmp/tmpF-FIhv.
>>>>> Use 'beadm activate opensolaris_static:-:2008-06-03-11:39:05 and reboot if you wish to boot to this BE.
>> [...]>>> -------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I resolve this issue ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I believe this is a very good question. Actually I encountered this
>>>> issue many times.
>>>> The only way to resolve it is try it again and again till install completed.
>>>>
>>>> IPS package should offer another way to download, just like SVR4 package, we can
>>>> download by http/ftp/etc..., and install it from localhost.
>>>>
>>>> Or pkg install should support downloading from the point last time failed
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Support for download resume is coming soon.
>>>
>>> Support for an "on-disk" format is slated for the future though it is
>>> not yet known what form it will take.
>>
>>   In addition having to reboot just because of a failed package download
>>   is bad IMHO. Reminds me of Win95. Download should happen to a
>>   staging area which then is transferred to the live filesystem en-masse
>>   and actions processed. Reboot should only be needed to recover from
>>   rare weird install problems unrelated to downloading the bits.
>
> I have never had to reboot due to a failed package download.
>
> From what I understand, downloads happen first, and installation
> doesn't actually happen until it is complete.
>
> As such, the boot environment message you get when a download fails is
> probably misleading.
>
> This is something else that is being worked on (there is a bug on
> defect.opensolaris.org about it).

   Ah good. That is better.

Regards,
Moinak.

>
> Cheers,
> --
> Shawn Walker
>