[OpenIndiana-discuss] updating openindiana on machines with openindiana2023.05

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 23.01.25 um 17:56 schrieb Marc Lobelle via openindiana-discuss:
> Hello,
>
>  I have a few machines running still openindiana2023.05.
>
> In tried pkg refresh --full and pkg update -v but when I check which
> release is running after rebooting it seems to be still openindiana
> 2023.05.
Running such outdated versions is not recommended for systems with
contact to the internet.
You should update on a regular basis. This brings you the newest
versions and security fixes.

>
> I'm now copying OI-Hipster-gui-20240426;usb on a usb key . By the way,
> is this the last available version ?
>
No, but as long as your machine successfully boots and has internet
access you should be able to update it to the
latest bits. That is because we have a running release model and no
releases. New images will be released typically twice a year (April and
October). But these images are only needed for new installations; You
only need to update these installation images if you have hardware that
is not supported by an older version or in order to minimize download sizes.

You should inspect the output of "pfexec pkg update -v" on your
machines. It will tell you what it has done.
If no new boot environment (BE) is being created that would most
probably mean something is blocking the full update.
This can happen intentionally (by using pkg freeze for certain packages)
or unintentionally for several reasons.
In order to find out the blocking reason you can run a command that
installs an explicit version of the meta package userland-incorporation, eg.
pfexec pkg install userland-incorporation at 0.5.11-2025.0.0.27749

As of writing this mail this the latest available version of
userland-incorporation (every successful build on the build server will
create a new version).
It will either install this package and also automatically all latest
versions of packages you have installed (or remove obsoleted ones) or
will tell you why it cannot be installed.
When the installation fails you need to analyse the reasons and fix
them. If everything is fixed, the command (or pkg update) will succeed.

Andreas