> You could even use OpenPKG to build your own entire > software stack or > use the one they provide: > http://www.openpkg.org/ > > The nice thing about OpenPKG is that it works on more > operating > systems than just Solaris.
You could, and it sounds nice, but it's a trap. Sooner or later whoever does that runs into compatibility and integration problems with the OS/OE himself. Which compatibility and integration problems? Exactly! If you don't know or can't answer that question now, it's a sign of impending trouble. One should *always* use the native packaging format of the OS/OE one is developing/porting/packaging for. Only the native format will be able to provide the best integration with the OS/OE across the board. It's perhaps a lot of initial investment to learn all the target packaging formats, but that knowledge sure more than makes up in time savings, quality, and the ease of administration of the product and the environment down the road. Maintaining some 3rd party format "of your own" that the vendor / OS/OE know nothing of and will not support is a sure way to have that approach backfire down the road... usually at the most inopportune moment. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
