To allow scinstall -r (and -u) to understand that we want to operate on them. If a package is always to be installed under a group package then the group package sig fiel is sufficient. If a package is likely to be installed standalone then it gets "loose package" sig file.
hth, --emk Lucia Lai wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > Looks good to me. Not directly related to your changes: the package > signature files have been there for a while, but I never understand > what they are for? > > Thanks, > > - Lucia > > On 04/03/09 17:38, Jonathan Mellors wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> As it's highly likely that some agents from Colorado will be >> installed individually, instead of the using the group full packages, >> we've decided to add loose package signature files to those packages, >> so that scinstall can track them for removal and/or upgrade in the >> future. >> >> Core: >> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~jmellors/core-lpfiles/ >> >> Agents: >> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~jmellors/ds-lpfiles/ >> >> Thanks >> Jonathan >> _______________________________________________ >> ha-clusters-discuss mailing list >> ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ha-clusters-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > ha-clusters-discuss mailing list > ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ha-clusters-discuss