Peter Tribble wrote:
> 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?
> 

Right now we're ignoring them :-) and dealing w/ issues as they
arise.

- Bart


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Bart Smaalders                  Solaris Kernel Performance
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