On 09/04/07, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
The point is, that if you're maintaining your own stack, you don't
need to "integrate" with the base OS's packaging system. In fact, you
usually don't want to mess with or touch the base stack at all!
Similar to how blastwave works actually, and why it works relatively
well...
--
"Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
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