jan damborsky wrote: > Bart Smaalders wrote: >> 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. > > But it definitely doesn't imply it is a bad idea. > If I know what/why/how, I should be allowed to do this.
You are allowed to do it, and we've already described ways you can. But we don't have to supply you with easy push button tools to do so :-) Our focus is on providing the best user experience possible for our primary target audience. Since our primary target audience needs a supportable configuration, our efforts are focused on ensuring that pkg maintains one. > For instance, let's assume I want to create my own tiny > Solaris distribution (e.g. to be deployed on some kind > of embedded system) using Distro Constructor. In this case, > I want to have complete control over what is to pulled into > my proto area and present in final image by explicitly > specifying all packages I am interested in. You have that control now. If you really want to create your own tiny distribution, then chances are you're going to want it to be able to work consistently, and that means editing the dependencies and republishing the packages you want it to consist of. -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
