[indiana-discuss] new BE for just two upgrades

[Shawn Walker]

Matt Ingenthron wrote:
> Shawn Walker wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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. 
> 
> You seem to be missing my point.  I got that, and I understand ipkg 
> underneath, but the UI tends to lead one toward "update all"...  which 
> will probably make new OpenSolaris users think that's the only route.

Right, and as I said, unfortunately we don't have the necessary 
information available yet to make that decision smarter.

I'm not missing the point; I'm just explaining the limitations and how 
you might be able to workaround them.

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker