>From another discussion on the board today, I understand that not all
>dependencies are actually recorded in the packages.
But there are some things I've found recently while trying to customize the
packages installed by my jumpstart that I find realy really strange:
1. Why does the GNOME Accessibility libraries package(SUNWgnome-a11y-libs)
depend on SUNWzoneu and SUNWzoner? What does GNOME acessibility have to do with
Zones?
2. Why does the DHCP server cluster SUNWCdhcp depend on things from WBEM like
SUNWwbcou. And then SUNWwbcou (which appears to only be a bunch of softlinks
unless I'm reading it wrong...) requires me to install SUNWjsnmp, SUNWaudit,
and SUNWwbapi. Now SUNWwbapi requires SUNWadmj.
I should be able to run a DHCP server with out WBEM and all the bagage it
drags with it shouldn't I? Even if I install the SUNWwbcou and SUNWwbapi, it's
not like WBEM is going to work with out the rest of it.
I can understand Some users wanting the DHCP server to be managable through
WBEM. But it shouldn't be required.
3. Why do many clusters not include all the packages they really need? I expect
to beable to pick a cluster and have it include everything needed. Is that
unreasonable? Examples:
Why when I add SUNWClp doesn't it add things like SUNWTiff and SUNWjpg that
the packages in the cluster need?
Why does SUNWCxwrte not include SUNWxwpl, even though it does include
SUNWxwplr and SUNWxwplt?
4. Why are some packages like SUNWintgige (Intel PRO/1000 Server Adapter
Driver) not unselectable? Shouldn't they only be required if I have that
hardware?
5. I'm sure this isn't simple, but why does installing SUNWj5rt (which is
required now by so many things.) force me to install parts of X11, CDE,
ToolTalk, Motif? Even on a headless server? Shouldn't I only need these other
packages if I need to use Java graphically?
I'm sure there are more examples... Some of this just makes no sense.
-Kyle
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