[indiana-discuss] new BE for just two upgrades

[Shawn Walker]

Matt Ingenthron wrote:
> Calum Mackay wrote:
>> out of interest, what exactly is the problem with having more BEs than 
>> you think you need?
>>
>> ZFS is going to look after the space; I suppose keeping track of what 
>> they all are is the issue?
> 
> Shawn's answer covers the needed functionality, but the issue is that 
> there are some classes of things you don't want to have to go create a 
> new BE for.  For instance?  I was working on building some software, 
> noticed the new SunStudioExpress, went to install it, and inadvertantly, 
> through the GUI, went down the image-update path.
> 
> A new user may assume that's the only path, and rebooting to use a newer 
> compiler is pretty silly.

Which will only happen if you use 'Update All' or 'image-update'.

If you just select the package itself and use install, then only that 
one package will be updated, and no alternate boot environment will be 
created.

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker