Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: >> 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"? >
How would the latter be different from "pkg fix"? Dave
