On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 01:00:17PM -0700, Danek Duvall wrote: > Will Fiveash wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 02:31:10PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > > > > > Yes, because entire is just an incorporation that constrains the > > > versions of > > > the packages that can be or are installed. In comparison, > > > redistributable > > > is a 'group package' that has all of its packages as required > > > dependencies. > > > > Mmm, I find your description of entire a bit confusing when you write > > "that can be". I interpret that to mean that it would install packages > > listed in its contents that are not currently installed which is > > different behavior than what I previously described. > > An incorporation is a package that contains constraints on other packages > (in the form of "incorporate"-type dependencies). A constraint doesn't > cause another package to be installed, it merely states that if a > constrained package is to be installed, it must be installed at a version > that matches the version in the constraint.
Okay, I get it now. Is the description of entire, redistributable and other similar packages documented somewhere on opensolaris.org? -- Will Fiveash Sun Microsystems Office x64079/512-401-1079 Austin, TX, 78727 (TZ=CST6CDT), USA Internal Solaris Kerberos/GSS/SASL website: http://kerberos.sfbay.sun.com http://opensolaris.org/os/project/kerberos/
