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by **k..** » Wed, 05 Apr 1995 04:00:00

I tried upgrading my Sparc IPX box from 2.3 to 2.4. I give the
install program some basic configuration params, then tell it I
want to use the 'upgrade' method. Very shortly afterwards, it
reports a "segmentation fault, core dump" in the console window
and that's it. The console window is still functional enough
to shut the system down, etc.

SWEET!

Any ideas?

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by **Pegasus** » Thu, 06 Apr 1995 04:00:00

I can attest to the fact that the Solaris 2.3 to 2.4 upgrade did
segmentation fault on us when we tried to do the "custom" upgrade to
select custom packages. The next time around, we just did the standard,
default upgrade and let the system figure out what was on the system and
what to upgrade. That appeared to have done the trick since it looked in
the package database and removed obsolete packages and installed the
updated versions, plus new ones. It was polite enough to figure out the
space requirements *before* commencing the upgrade, thankfully.

Next time around I will probably do the upgrade. It remembers all of the
old settings (except for a few things like /etc/profile, which it moves
over to /etc/profile:2.3) even though it can take up to 50% longer.

Kris

Pegasus Real-Time, Inc.
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by **Ric Steinberg** » Sat, 08 Apr 1995 04:00:00

>>I tried upgrading my Sparc IPX box from 2.3 to 2.4. I give the
>>install program some basic configuration params, then tell it I
>>want to use the 'upgrade' method. Very shortly afterwards, it
>>reports a "segmentation fault, core dump" in the console window
>>and that's it. The console window is still functional enough
>>to shut the system down, etc.
>Upgrade can't deal with lines > 1024 charcters in /var/sadm/install/contents
>and some patches cause it to fail to.

I continue to be *astonished* at the number of reports of problems
people are experiencing when they upgrade Solaris 2.x systems.
I have upgraded several dozen VMS systems over the years and
only once had any problem. [DEC admitted it was their fault and
talked me through it over the phone.]

Seems like the very least the upgrade script could do when it experiences
a problem is to print out reasonable diagnostics. May SUN should hire
some out-of-work DEC release engineers. ;)

Ric Steinberger
Software Engineer

by **The Only!!! Mighty** » Tue, 11 Apr 1995 04:00:00

BTW I had the same problem...
I called up sun on that on... No reply YeT!!!!..
they told me that they will call me back in 30 min..
but It passed 24 hrs now..
May be they ment 30 days....

> : I tried upgrading my Sparc IPX box from 2.3 to 2.4. I give the
> : install program some basic configuration params, then tell it I
> : want to use the 'upgrade' method. Very shortly afterwards, it
> : reports a "segmentation fault, core dump" in the console window
> : and that's it. The console window is still functional enough
> : to shut the system down, etc.

> This is not in any way meant to be official Sun opinion on the "upgrade"
> option of the install process, but between you, me and the lamppost, I never
> use upgrade, since I don't trust that it will work, at least not in 2.4. I
> always save off stuff that I need to save, and do a fresh install. I beleive
> that we (Sun) have gotten beat up a lot for the "interesting" things that
> upgrade does, and I think in 2.5 it actually works quite well.

> mike

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