Restrictions on Adding and Removing Software Packages and Patches for Solaris Releases That are Not Zones Aware
On systems that are running a Solaris release that is not zones aware,
using any command that accepts the -R option to specify an alternate root
path for a global zone that has non-global zones installed, does not work.
These commands include:
pkgadd
pkgrm
patchadd
patchrm
See the pkgadd(1M), pkgrm(1M), patchadd(1M), and patchrm(1M) man pages.
For additional information, see Restrictions on Using patchadd -R to Create an Alternate root Path.