[OpenIndiana-discuss] NLipkg zones not upgradeable

[Alexander Pyhalov]

On 11/10/2015 23:36, Alexander Pyhalov wrote:
> Jim Klimov писал 10.11.2015 17:13:
>> I've tried out the new nlipkg zone in Hipster. A subsequent 'beadm
>> create -e oldbe newbe' did not clone this zone's ZBE dataset with the
>> new BE's uuid as a parent. Consequently, after reboot I can not mount
>> and boot this zone. Is 'ipkg' cloning hardcoded in beadm? Or should
>> nmore brand-scripts be adapted for nlipkg support?
>
> I suspect that
> https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/139510fb6efa97dbe5f5479594b308d940cab8d1/usr/src/lib/libbe/common/libbe_priv.h#L76
> should include nlipkg.
> But can't check this right now as I've broken a bit my build environment
> with gcc 4.9, will have to fix it first :)
>

Temporary fix was committed to oi-userland and available in 
/hipster-2015 repository. The issue is that it works only for new zones. 
However, you can try to update old BE.
I hope we'll find more general fix to upstream it.
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Best regards,
Alexander Pyhalov,
system administrator of Southern Federal University IT department