On Nov 15, 2007 6:33 PM, Bart Smaalders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Enda O'Connor ( Sun Micro Systems Ireland) wrote:
> > Hi
> > How does IPS rid itself of the various scripts ( postinstall say ) that
> > SVR4 uses to provision your system post pkgadd, ie say add_drv or so on.
> >
>
> We've just started along this path.  We're basically breaking tasks
> performed in post-install scripts into two bunches: those that need
> to happen before boot/during install, and those that can wait after
> restart (whether service or OS).  The tasks that are done immediately
> are called actions.  Right now we have file, directory, link, hardlink,
> license, and driver actions.  The latter action takes care of calling
> add_drv/update_drv as needed, for example.

Given that IPS will handle existing SVR4 packages (as I understand it),
how are the existing scripts in those packages handled?

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-Peter Tribble
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