OpenIndiana Distribution

I was trying to add the smf package and it seemed to complete but the package was not installed. On subsequent tries it was listed as "not installed" but when I tried to add it again the message was "nothing to install/update" finally followed by this:
(...)
Error details:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/vendor-packages/pkg/gui/installupdate.py", line 588, in __on_cancelcreateplan_clicked
if self.api_o.can_be_canceled() and self.operations_done_ex == False:
AttributeError: 'InstallUpdate' object has no attribute 'api_o'

List of configured publishers:
P O openindiana.org (http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/)
E O sfe (http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe/)
E O sfe-encumbered (http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe-encumbered/)

pkg version:
1d7f906c77c1
(...)
With a request to report it which I have done :-)

So far package manager has performed flawless and this is the first time. OpenIndiana rauns within VirtualBox 4.1.4 w/ latest guest additions and a proxy is required to access the internet thus I use the attached script to start package manager from the command line.
I am happy to provide more details should you need them.