[csw-users] Safe to let pkg-get -u Upgrade pkg-get?

[Douglas S. Davis]

Thanks, Dennis.

I did as you said, and it went perfectly.

I then ran the pkg-get -u again, and it said wget needed upgrading, 
so I did the same steps you described for wget, and it worked fine, 
too.  (I *did* first have to gunzip the wget package, though).  Would 
it have been safe to let "pkg-get -u" upgrade wget?  Or could it have 
caused a problem, too?

Thanks!




                         Douglas







At 04:05 PM 2/21/2008, you wrote:

> > So I'm trying to install ImageMagick on Solaris 10 using Blastwave.
> >
> > I run pkg-get to install it, and it tells me I need to upgrade some
> > png app or something.  I run the command it recommends, and in the
> > process of upgrading various packages, it tells me that pkg-get
> > itself needs to be upgraded. Is it safe to let it upgrade itself?  Or
> > when I say "yes" that it's okay to uninstall it (prior to it
> > installing the latest version), will it no longer be able to upgrade
> > itself (as it's been removed)?
> >
> > Hope that's clear.
> >
> >
> > For the record, I told it "no" and it continued with other upgrades,
> > but if it's safe to do, I'll run it again.
> >
>
>Well the answer is yes and no.
>
>There was a problem with earlier versions on pkg-get in that they may remove
>wget from under itself and then we are stuck not able to upgrade. On Solaris
>10 you should not have the problem because there is generally a copy of wget
>in /usr/sfw/bin and pkg-get is mighty cunning at looking around for things
>like that. :-)
>
>The absolute safe thing to do is something like this :
>
>cd /tmp
>/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -U
>/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -d pkg_get
>pkgrm CSWpkgget
>pkgadd -d ./pkg_get-3.8.4-SunOS5.8-all-CSW.pkg
>
>Now you have the latest ... life is good.
>
>Dennis
>
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Douglas S. Davis
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