[Sorry, meant to send this to the list as well. I'm currently in
XML mode it seems :-)]
Hi Karen!
Forgive me for being late, and also forgive me for asking a question that
might have been answered in another thread.
> The changes I just pushed:
>
> Author: Karen Tung<Karen.Tung at Sun.COM>
> Repository: /hg/caiman/slim_source
> Latest revision: c6c48f08de33b0793ace03dc54036746548935a0
> Total changesets: 1
> Log message:
> 12726 DC and installers shouldn't require a root password in the packaged
> /etc/shadow
> 12669 DC errors about /var/pkg/catalog
> 12186 Deleting catalog cache needs to be revisited with with catalog v1
[...]
> A optional configuration parameter is also added to the DC manifests.
> This parameter
> is being used by the new pre_boot_archive_pkg_image_mod.py
> script. All DC manifests that builds the Slim CD and AI images are updated
> with this parameter. However, it is commented out:
>
>
> <!--
> Password for the root user/role in the image.
> If not specified, the default value of "opensolaris"
> will be used
> -->
> <!--
> Uncomment before using
> <rootpass is_plaintext="true">plaintext-password</rootpass>
> -->
Why are these new elements added? On first glance, they might seem
user-friendyl with their "descriptive" names. OTOH, it creates quite
a bit more work when you want to validate or generate such manifests.
Wouldn't something like
<dc_config>
<entry>
<key>rootpass</key>
<value>plaintext-password</value>
<attr>is_plaintext=true</attr>
<attr>someotherattr=42</attr>
</entry>
</dc_config>
or even better
<dc_config>
<entry>
<key name="rootpass">plaintext-password</key>
<attr name="is_plaintext">true</attr>
<attr name="someotherattr type="int">42</attr>
</entry>
</dc_config>
or even *gasp* an Apple-style property list be doing the same job?
Such solutions would not require changing the DTD or schema every
time, and would make maintaining manifest consumers and generators
much easier.
I mainly notice this while generating AI manifests for hands-off
installations. This must have been discussed somewher before.
Just wondering...
Regards -- Volker
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