> But overwriting with new packages will leave files > around that have been > removed from the new version of the package. So the > packager will have > to have additional mechanisms to detect redundant > files and remove them.
This is something that sgi's `inst` excells at. It's a really ahead-of-its-time, elegant software management system that makes RPM, `apt-get` and especially system V packages look like toys in comparison. Oh, and sgi built `inst` to understand System V packages. Installing the System V packaging eoe gives one `pkgadd` and friends... and they understand `inst` as well. The only thing that comes close to `inst` is hp's `swinstall`. It's almost as intelligent and as elegant, just somewhat slower. HP did a very good job there, I have to say. Kudos to IRIX and HP-UX engineers. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
