[OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana upgrade

[Hans J Albertsson]

The message I answered was Russel's last, not Mr Coopersmith's.
I'm on a phone with limited intelligence...
Hans J. Albertsson
>From my Nexus 5

Den 31 dec. 2016 18:49 skrev "Hans J Albertsson" <
hans.j.albertsson at gmail.com>:

> I had the same kind of problem with 151a7, no f...n way to make updates
> run OK.
>
> The messages appearing for you seem a lot like what I had.
>
> My best guess is that this is a basic flaw in logic, that in most cases
> would never cause a problem, but somehow, in a personal-computer use of OI,
> doesn't keep enough info  around to step past some unexpected hurdle.
>
> Hans J. Albertsson
> From my Nexus 5
>
> Den 31 dec. 2016 18:01 skrev "Alan Coopersmith" <
> alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>:
>
>> On 12/31/16 05:00 AM, russell wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alex,
>>>
>>> I tried a pkg image-update -v --be-name openindiana-hipster-NN this
>>> morning
>>> which did actually complete okay with information about gnu/tar.
>>>
>>> After booting from the new environment and then attempting a pkg update
>>> -be-name
>>> openindiana-hipster-NN+1 I obtained the following message
>>>
>>
>> BTW, you know that "pkg update" and "pkg image-update" do the same thing,
>> right?
>> The original name was image-update and when it was shortened to update,
>> the old
>> name was left in IPS as a compatibility alias.
>>
>>         -alan-
>>
>>
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