Unless we have a way to handle either-or pre-requisites in our packaging... they should not be removed.
SVR4 packages may not load if the proper pre-requisites are not retained. This being said, we need a methodology and/or registry to manage these things with... where new IPS and existing SVR4 packages can both referenced the common registry by package installation systems. Breaking old software removes from the value in Illumos based distributions. Regards, DavidH http://netmgt.blogspot.com/ On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Rich Lowe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > > I do wonder though, if the time has come to remove the various SUNW* > obsolete manifests. They were only relevant for people updating from very > much older versions of OpenSolaris. > > > This is not strictly true. Anyone doing this should talk to someone who > understands the whole mess -- there are some you should not touch (despite > their age). > > You could probably move them out of the way until their time comes > however, and it is a minority. > > -- Rich > *illumos-discuss* | > Archives<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175845-b97465aa> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
