* Johnson Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-12-02 17:57]:
> I am working Sun xVM Server update function that depends on IPS update 
> APIs and Solaris pkg command as backend.
> There is a new feature request recently to ask for IPS update progress 
> status during a update job execution
>  so the UI progress bar can report status of a job such as 10%, 20%, 
> ...to 100% etc as it proceeds.
> Can pkg command such as install, refresh, and image-update etc support 
> this status update feature?
> I would like to see a programmatic interface in pkg command to report 
> update progress status since
> to parse the stdout from pkg command may not be a good idea.

  Actually, I think your RFE is for a parseable output format from
  pkg(1).  Unless you are proposing using the Python client API (which
  already has a progress reporting mechanism)?

  - Stephen

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