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Note that 9999.99.0.0 will not allow user to go back to OI-provided packages
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$ pkg info osnet-incorporation | grep Branch:
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Branch: 2018.0.0.18230
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The example value of `9999.99.0.0` will effectively guarantee your packages
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will _always_ be preferred forever. If you want to be able to return to using
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official OpenIndiana packages in the future, you should instead use a
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`PKGVERS_BRANCH` value that only increments the last number; e.g., if `pkg
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info` tells you your current branch is `2018.0.0.18230`, you would use
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`2018.0.0.18231`.
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### OmniOS
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