[OpenIndiana-discuss] Help with some error while upgrading to latest open indiana

[Zoltan Farkas]

Thank you  for the info, I will give it a try.

—Z

> On May 25, 2017, at 3:30 PM, Tim Mooney <Tim.Mooney at ndsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Help with some error while upgrading to...:
> 
>> I am trying to upgrade to latest openindiana, I am getting some errors
>> due to some lib being obsolete. any help appreciated, here is the
>> detail:
>> 
>> # uname -a
>> SunOS hostname 5.11 oi_151a9 i86pc i386 i86pc
>> 
>> I have my publisher set to:
>> 
>> # pkg publisher
>> PUBLISHER                             TYPE     STATUS   URI
>> openindiana.org                       origin   online   http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/ <http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/>
> 
> I was able to upgrade/convert from oi151a9 to hipster and have been
> very happy with the results.  However, I did the upgrade last summer,
> and it involved an intermediate step -- I didn't try go directly from
> oi151a9 to latest hipster.
> 
> Timothy Coalson has already posted a link to the wiki article that
> outlines what is involved.
> 
> I also posted a lengthy email to the mailing list last year that outlined
> a few of the issues I ran into while following the procedure.  Nikola and
> Alp and others followed up with helpful suggestions and great information.
> Here's the start of that thread:
> 
> 	https://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2016-June/019061.html
> 
> I would encourage you to have good backups (and they're not good unless
> you've tested them), and gather information about your system (like
> services enabled, packages installed, etc.) before you start the process.
> 
> Multiple people on the list have succeeded in this process, but it
> requires multiple steps and careful attention to detail.  It's a lengthy
> process, so be certain you allow plenty of time.
> 
> I'm very happy with the results of the process, and with hipster in
> general.
> 
> Tim
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