On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Shawn Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Moinak Ghosh wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Shawn Walker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Alexander Vlasov wrote: >>>> >>>> Lurie wrote: >>>> That's why lots of packages deliver their own SMF service which runs >>>> only >>>> once. >>> >>> ...which is better because those SMF scripts: >>> >>> * can run at "boot", which fits correctly with a zfs-based rollback setup >>> >> >> Which means those packages will require system reboot not unlike >> Windoze! > > First, how else can you ensure the scripts correctly run without having the > new environment loaded? (i.e. account for newly added users, hardware, etc.) >
That is very true for OS upgrades, but not necessarily for applications or some other layered software. Of course sw can be changed to do some config at first start but it is not always possible to do that practically unless the sw was designed with such things in mind. If scripting was being totally banned (I do find arbit scripting messy) then an alternative configured state should have been in the package design and facilities to do common config tasks should have been of priority. Depending on SMF IMHO is simply bad practice. > Second, they could be in a zone, so no "physical" reboot is needed. > > Finally, we're also discussing special actuators for user images as well. > Regards, Moinak. -- ================================ http://www.belenix.org/ http://moinakg.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
