Is it possible to use Solaris Live Upgrade to update OpenCSW packages?
asked: 2012-02-06 by: automaciej
automaciej answers:
From an email thread on the users mailing list, it's possible to install packages into the ABE using pkgutil. It's not a common practice, but it's possible to mount your ABE and point pkgutil at it.
# pkgutil -Uyu --param=root_path:/lumount
Dagobert commented:
Dagobert answers:
Unfortunately there is a bug in pkgutil that prohibits the proper use of root relocation right now until this is fixed:
laurent answers:
As noted by Dagobert, pkgutil must not be used on an inactive BE, some critical bits will fail. However, it is still possible to benefit from LU with OpenCSW.
I follow the following steps myself (with sparse zones):
The zones at that point are using a clone of their dataset created for the new BE, so in case the older BE is reactivated, the pre-upgrade OpenCSW packages will be there.