[indiana-discuss] [pkg-discuss] Updating SUNWipkg? Re: Repository update: snv91

[Chris Ridd]

On 21 Jun 2008, at 20:19, Danek Duvall wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 12:08:50PM -0700, Matt Ingenthron wrote:
>
>>> You may wish to update SUNWipkg before updating your image to  
>>> Build 91.
>>> (You can update to pkg:/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.90 if you are already
>>> running Build 90.)
>
> I think this is a typo that we all missed in the review.  You are  
> likely to
> have better results if you upgrade to the "build 91" version of  
> SUNWipkg:
>
>    pkg install SUNWipkg at 0.5.11-0.91

That's a corker of a typo.

>> I'm not sure I understand why this paragraph above is telling me  
>> that I
>> "may" wish  to update it.  "may" sounds optional.  What do I gain  
>> out of
>> trying to update the SUNWipkg pkg?   Will this do anything?
>
> It will work far better if you have multiple authorities.  In fact, I
> believe it will resolve Chris' problem entirely (he should be able to
> simply install the 0.91 version of SUNWipkg and retry the image- 
> update).

Attempting to install the 0.91 version of SUNWipkg just resulted in  
the same Python traceback I posted earlier. So I uninstalled my  
CPANperl-ldap package (which had the non-existent optional dependency).

Installing the 0.91 version of SUNWipkg now works, and pkg image- 
update is now doing its thing. Yay!

I'll capture the state of my installation during the problem, and  
raise a bug against pkg tomorrow. (er, which bug database?)

> As for "may", that's probably just Stephen being his usual understated
> self.  I forget that I'm just used to it and know how to translate.

:-)

Cheers,

Chris