[pkg-discuss] ?: is it possible to select a older build of pkg.opensolaris.org/dev pkg update

[Bart Smaalders]

Winfried Noske - Sun Ratingen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> yesterday I updated my home-PC (currently running with build 101)
> with build 107 of pkg.opensolaris.org/dev.
> A couple of things seem to be broken (nwam manager has problems, icons
> and menus are missing).
> I currently use build 106 on another system and with this build I don't 
> have
> any problems, so I want to know whether it's possible to do a pkg update
> to build 106?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Regards
> 

We don't know how to go backwards, and installing less than
the latest is still a bit of work, so simply reboot your old
boot environment (101) and then:

1) install the latest version of ipkg for your image - you'll get
   the right one automatically.  This will be automatic at some point.

# pkg install SUNWipkg

2) Create a clone of the 101 boot environment

# beadm create opensolaris-N where N is the next unused number

3) Mount the clone so you can update it

# beadm mount opensolaris-N /mnt

4) Force all the OS packages in the clone to be upgraded to the versions
delivered in 106:

# pkg -R /mnt install pkg:/entire at 0.5.11,5.11-0.106

5) Update the boot archive (not sure this is needed, but JIC

# bootadm update-archive -R /mnt

6) Cause the new boot environment to be selected for booting

# beadm activate opensolaris-N

7) unmount the new environment

# cd /; beadm unmount opensolaris-N

8) Reboot

# reboot

This should do what you want.

- Bart


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