How to replace runtime/perl-512 with runtime/perl-522 in solaris 11.3

Question

I am trying to install runtime/perl-522 but by default installed runtime/perl-512 causing error. I am also unable to uninstall runtime/perl-512 because causing following error

pkg uninstall: Unable to remove 'runtime/perl-512@5.12.5-0.175.3.0.0.30.0' due to the following packages that depend on it: communication/im/pidgin@2.10.11-0.175.3.0.0.26.0 desktop/compiz@0.8.4-0.175.3.0.0.26.0 desktop/xscreensaver@5.15-0.175.3.0.0.22.0 developer/base-developer-utilities@0.5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 developer/gnome/gettext@2.30.0-0.175.3.0.0.10.0 gnome/zenity@2.30.0-0.175.2.0.0.27.0 install/distribution-constructor@0.5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 library/audio/gstreamer@0.10.32-0.175.3.0.0.26.0 library/gnome/gnome-component@2.24.3-0.175.2.0.0.31.0 library/perl-5/sun-solaris-512@0.5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 network/ipfilter@0.5.11-0.175.3.1.0.3.0 package/rpm@1.3-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 print/cups@1.4.5-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 print/cups/filter/foomatic-db-engine@0.20080903-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 print/filter/a2ps@4.14-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 print/filter/ghostscript@9.0-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 print/filter/gutenprint@5.2.7-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 print/psutils@1.17-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 service/network/ntp@4.2.8.2-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 service/network/smtp/sendmail@8.15.1-0.175.3.1.0.2.0 support/explorer@8.9.15.9.11 system/core-os@0.5.11-0.175.3.1.0.2.0 system/dtrace/dtrace-toolkit@0.99-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 system/management/ocm@12.1.0.0.0-0.175.3.0.0.24.0 system/management/snmp/net-snmp@5.4.1-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 system/network/ppp@0.5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 text/groff@1.22.2-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 text/texinfo@4.13-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 web/browser/w3m@0.5.2-0.175.3.0.0.30.0 web/server/apache-22@2.2.31-0.175.3.1.0.3.0 x11/server/xvnc@1.1.0-0.175.3.0.0.30.1483

and during installation of runtime/perl-522 i am facing this following error:

pkg install: The requested change to the system attempts to install multiple actions for link 'usr/perl5/pod' with conflicting attributes:

1 package delivers 'link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.22 path=usr/perl5/pod target=5.22/lib/pod':
    pkg://solaris/runtime/perl-522@5.22.1,5.12-5.12.0.0.0.122.0:20170510T193143Z
1 package delivers 'link path=usr/perl5/pod target=5.12/lib/pod':
    pkg://solaris/runtime/perl-512@5.12.5,5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0:20150821T171525Z

These packages may not be installed together. Any non-conflicting set may be, or the packages must be corrected before they can be installed.

The requested change to the system attempts to install multiple actions for link 'usr/perl5/man' with conflicting attributes:

1 package delivers 'link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.22 path=usr/perl5/man target=5.22/man':
    pkg://solaris/runtime/perl-522@5.22.1,5.12-5.12.0.0.0.122.0:20170510T193143Z
1 package delivers 'link path=usr/perl5/man target=5.12/man':
    pkg://solaris/runtime/perl-512@5.12.5,5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0:20150821T171525Z

These packages may not be installed together. Any non-conflicting set may be, or the packages must be corrected before they can be installed.

The requested change to the system attempts to install multiple actions for link 'usr/perl5/bin' with conflicting attributes:

1 package delivers 'link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.22 path=usr/perl5/bin target=5.22/bin':
    pkg://solaris/runtime/perl-522@5.22.1,5.12-5.12.0.0.0.122.0:20170510T193143Z
1 package delivers 'link path=usr/perl5/bin target=5.12/bin':
    pkg://solaris/runtime/perl-512@5.12.5,5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0:20150821T171525Z

These packages may not be installed together. Any non-conflicting set may be, or the packages must be corrected before they can be installed.

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so please suggest me what i need to do to install runtime/perl-522

Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

Root cause is that perl-522 contains three mediated links which are not present in perl-512. Not sure why, but there you are (or are not, in this case ;-). The links are present in perl-512, but they are not mediated. You can see the missing mediators in the error messages above, as well as by inspecting the two packages:

jmason@m5a97:~$ pkg contents -Ho action.raw -t link -a mediator=perl runtime/perl-512
link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.12 path=usr/bin/perl pkg.linted.pkglint.dupaction010.2=true target=../perl5/5.12/bin/perl

jmason@m5a97:~$ pkg contents -r -Ho action.raw -t link -a mediator=perl runtime/perl-522
link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.22 path=usr/perl5/bin target=5.22/bin
link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.22 path=usr/perl5/man target=5.22/man
link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.22 path=usr/perl5/pod target=5.22/lib/pod
link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.22 path=usr/bin/perl target=../perl5/5.22/bin/perl

I suspect in Ram's case, pkg install ... perl-512 installed a version of perl-512 which included the mediators. Not sure if this version has been removed from the public solaris repo, but for me, this command had no effect, and perl-512 remained without the mediators. As a result, the subsequent pkg install ... perl-522 continued to fail.

In case anyone else encounters this problem and google directs him or her to this page as it did me, here is how I solved it.

Inspired by Tim Foster's excellent posts on republishing packages, I used 'pkgmogrify' to update perl-512 to include the missing mediators. Steps are:

1. Pull a fresh copy of perl-512 from the solaris repo:

   pkgrecv -s http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release --raw -d perl-512-proto perl-512@5.12.5-0.175.3.0.0.30.0

2. Create a mogrify file, perl-512.mog:

   <transform set name=pkg.fmri -> edit value pkg://[^/]+/ pkg://nightly/>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/bin -> add mediator perl>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/bin -> add mediator-priority vendor>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/bin -> add mediator-version 5.12>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/man -> add mediator perl>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/man -> add mediator-priority vendor>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/man -> add mediator-version 5.12>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/pod -> add mediator perl>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/pod -> add mediator-priority vendor>
   <transform link path=usr/perl5/pod -> add mediator-version 5.12>
   

   The first directive changes the publisher name from 'solaris' to 'nightly', which is the name of my local repo. (Substitute for 'nightly' whatever value is appropriate for your local repo.) The remaining directives add the mediator attributes to the three links.

3. Create an updated manifest; we'll call it 'perl-512.mediated':

   pkgmogrify perl-512.mog perl-512-proto/runtime%2Fperl-512/5.12.5%2C5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0%3A20150821T171525Z/manifest > perl-512.mediated

4. Publish the resulting package to your local repo:

   pkgsend -s nightly publish -d perl-512-proto/runtime%2Fperl-512/5.12.5%2C5.11-0.175.3.0.0.30.0%3A20150821T171525Z perl-512.mediated

5. perl-512 is part of an incorporation. Set its version-lock facet to allow you to update it:

   pkg change-facet version-lock.runtime/perl-512=false

6. Install perl-512 from your local repo:

   pkg install pkg://nightly/runtime/perl-512

You should now see all four mediated links in perl-512:

jmason@m5a97:~$ pkg contents -Ho action.raw -t link -a mediator=perl runtime/perl-512
link facet.doc.man=all mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.12 path=usr/perl5/man target=5.12/man
link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.12 path=usr/perl5/bin target=5.12/bin
link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.12 path=usr/bin/perl pkg.linted.pkglint.dupaction010.2=true target=../perl5/5.12/bin/perl
link mediator=perl mediator-priority=vendor mediator-version=5.12 path=usr/perl5/pod target=5.12/lib/pod

At this point, you can install perl-522 in the normal way without issue.

Downside to this approach is that you will need to handle any eventual updates to perl-512 yourself, as you are now tracking that package in your local repo.

Answer 2

Now i got how to resolve this issue. follow given command to overcome this error:

pkg install --accept --licenses perl-512
pkg install --accept --licenses perl-522

after doing this target path will change to install package and no error will come.