[indiana-discuss] 2008.11 b100 pkg update failed: Memory Error

[Michal Pryc]

gerard at free wrote:
> hello,
> just installed from genunix, and i got this error:
>
> henry at delljm:~$ pfexec pkg image-update
> Creating Plan \Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 2122, in ?
>       __ret = main_func()
>     File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 2069, in main_func
>       return image_update(mydir, pargs)
>     File "/usr/bin/pkg", line 551, in image_update
>       update_index=update_index)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/api.py", line
> 329, in plan_update_all
>       refresh_catalogs, self.progresstracker):
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/image.py", line
> 2295, in ipkg_is_up_to_date
>       check_cancelation, noexecute, filters = [])
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/image.py", line
> 2096, in make_install_plan
>       self.load_optional_dependencies(progtrack)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/image.py", line
> 1648, in load_optional_dependencies
>       mfst = self.get_manifest(fmri, filtered = True)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/image.py", line
> 942, in get_manifest
>       m = self.__get_manifest(fmri)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/client/image.py", line
> 914, in __get_manifest
>       m.set_content(mcontent)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/manifest.py", line 254,
> in set_content
>       action = actions.fromstr(l)
>     File "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/pkg/actions/__init__.py",
> line 124, in fromstr
>       action = types[type](**attr_dict)
> MemoryError
>
>
> pkg: This is an internal error.  Please let the developers know about this
> problem by filing a bug at http://defect.opensolaris.org and including the
> above traceback and this message.  The version of pkg(5) is '71eab3488987'.
>
> Does it worth to open a bug? or the problem will disappear when official
> 2008.11 will be available?
> Or do i need to reinstall from scratch the new release? (in that case, i
> stop to customize my desktop)
>
> thanks for help,
>

Looks like similar problem:
http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=3573

How much physical memory do you have?

-- 
best
Michal Pryc