Darren J Moffat wrote: > Philip Brown wrote: >> ... >> In contrast, when people take the time to actually list out specific >> goals for IPS (rather than just handwavey terms like "innovative"), it >> is quite possible to meet them, using the existing pkgadd paradigms. >>... >> > > How then do we resolve the scripting issue that SVR4 pkgadd has so that > we can properly and safely support zones, diskless and cross > architecture install/hosting ?
as I mentioned earlier, the issue of "safely supporting zones, diskless, etc". would be done the same way IPS intends to handle it: by triggering the scripts in each zone/client/... when it is running, via SMF hooks. > Sure we could use "process" to say that no SRV4 format package for > Solaris can use scripting but unless the functionality was removed the > problem still exists. The "issue" of "dont allow scripting at ALL", is invalid, to me, and others, such as Moinak. To reduce the number of common errors in postinstall scripts, just requires that sun provide pre-canned utilities and class action scripts. And besides which, there has been double-speak from the IPS developers from time to time, that freeform scripting WILL be allowed, via some as-yet-unreleased-and-undocumented SMF/IPS integration... they're just refusing to call it "postinstall script support". So, apparently, full scripting IS allowed, so long as we rename it :-P > Given that the SRV4 packaging tools are open source, if you really > believe it can be fixed you are able to do so. sadly, I dont have time to, or I definitely would :( _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
