[OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Hipster and custom illumos-gate

[Alexander Pyhalov]

On 04/24/2014 18:53, Jim Klimov wrote:
> So... based on this suggestion, the hipster illumos-gate makefile, and some earlier list posts, I came up with this change to my illumos.sh script:
>
> # To enable upgrades over `pkg info osnet-incorporation | grep Branch:`
> #   Branch: 0.151.1
> #export ONNV_BUILDNUM=152
> #export ONNV_BUILDNUM=151.1.100
> # http://openindiana.org/pipermail/userland-team/2013-August/000261.html
> # http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.openindiana.devel/2906
> export PKGVERS_BRANCH=3014.0.4.24
> export BRANCHID=3014.0.4.24
>
> Some 47 minutes later I've got an incrementally-rebuilt repository which cheerfully includes packages like
>
> SUNWcs 0.5.11-3014.0.4.24:20140424T130517Z
>
>
> However, a "pkg -R /a update" still insists on downloading new hipster patches with the 0.5.11-2014.0.1.14459:20140423T191935Z versions from the internet, rather than quickly installing the newer and higher-versioned local equivalents. This happens also if I use "-g" to specify a repo explicitly, and when I use a file-based repo instead of its http service.
>
> I guess nowadays IPS tries to update same-named packages using the same repo they were installed from specifically to avoid conflicts like these? How should I go about overriding that reasonable failsafe mechanism? ;)
>

I think you should do something like

pkg set-publisher --non-sticky openindiana.org

and perhaps move you publisher upper in publisher list (pkg 
set-publisher --search-after ...)
-- 
Best regards,
Alexander Pyhalov,
system administrator of Computer Center of Southern Federal University