>On 06/08/09 07:23, Dave Miner wrote: > >> Beyond this, support of OpenSolaris systems will require that >> dependencies be adhered to, in the same way that we in the past have >> required users not to randomly delete files installed by the SVR4 packages. > >in the interest of the sanity of the support personnel: would it be >feasible for pkg to keep track of the use of --force or its moral >equivalent, so whenever a support case about pkg stuff is filed, it can be >established whether pkg strangeness is due to use of undesired options?
Why can't you just have a "--force" and a "download all required dependencies"? Casper