On Thursday, 03/27/2008 at 10:22 EDT, "Mrohs, Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We can only get there through standardization. As long as different > vendors mess with whatever directories they want, we always run the risk > of missing or overwriting something during the service or upgrade > process. Careful inventory and change controls can circumvent the issue, > but it gets complicated when multiple people or groups work on the same > image. It would be great to eventually isolate apps and associated > utilities onto dedicated file systems that can be copied, detached, > reattached, and moved around at will. That would leave the original > linux distribution and it's site-specific mods intact. We are 'sort of' > there, but not quite.
UnionFS should help alot. Then you don't *care* so much about where an app stores its files (or where the app is installed!), and it makes upgrading the base system easier. In theory. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
