* Bart Smaalders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-19 17:05]:
> Peter Tribble wrote:
> > 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.
On a broader scale, there are two approaches:
1. System V packages can still be installed directly, by pkgadd(1M)
and related commands. In this case, the scripts will be executed.
The open question for pkg(5) is what aspects of old packaging
information and operations will be offered by the new tools.
2. System V packages can be translated to new packages by pkgsend(1).
In this case, the scripts may or may not be examined for
content--in many cases, just examining the paths of installed
files is a better hint than trying to parse the scripts. But the
scripts, as such, will not be directly executed.
- Stephen
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