Jason Zhao wrote:
> By adding this, it will be convenient for administrator. Especially, when
> there is some packages were added by "pkgadd", but there is no index for
> these packages in /var/pkg, and most of important the administrator know
> what he needs to do and what he is doing. It will be easy to only add one
> single package, otherwise, it will be time consuming to add them all.
>
> Anyway, it brings flexible works.
So does using a binary editor on your raw disk to modify your
filesystem. It still doesn't mean it's a good idea.
Example:
Package A has a hard link to a file in package B, and thus has a
dependency on pkg B.
How do I install package A without package B?
Installing packages without their dependencies being present means the
package is broken. Arbitrary things can and will happen as a result,
including placing critical system services in maintenance mode. No one
tests their packages and services to discover the behavior when
arbitrary dependencies have been removed.
The function of the packaging system to is construct working images,
where "working" is defined as packages that are installed as specified
by their publisher.
- Bart
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Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance
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"You will contribute more with mercurial than with thunderbird."
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