> Dennis Clarke wrote: >> ... >> Better late than never. >> >> I intended to issue a "index ipfilter" command there but messed up. I >> wondered if this mail list server would also provide the source tarballs >> but clearly not. IPFilter version 4.1.24 should be released this weekend >> and I thought that I could fetch it. Ah well. >> >> I'll wait for the release and then look at building it with Studio 12 on >> Solaris 10 as well as Studio 11 on Solaris 8 and 9. Packages to be >> released via Blastwave.org etc etc. >> > > I'm in two minds about that... > > Quite often the open source version of ipfilter has needed a recompile > after patching > the Solaris kernel because the networking guys changed/added something. > In the > end, I only made sure it compiled on the latest update for any > particular release > of Solaris.
Sounds like the pkgadd command will need to fire off a preinstall script which in turns checks for the existence of a specific kernel patch. If that patch is not present then return a failure. Sounds like a package maintainance nightmare because every package for x86 and Sparc would need a re-package with every kernel patch release across Solaris 8 and 9 and 10. Dennis
