Nicolas Williams wrote: > Given that I now see Chris' point. verexec(1) is really just a very > simple run-time mechanism for managing install-time version selection. > It could be simpler -just a hardlink- if IPS had an install-time version > selection feature instead.
This doesn't work, because some package needs to own that hardlink -- only one can actually deliver the link -- and the maintainers of the packages which might can't or won't necessarily coordinate. You can put a bunch of complexity into the packaging system to make sure that the link is tracked, never removed unless all participating packages are removed, etc, or you can just have a directory that contains the information and a small program which reads it. This also allows an administrator to easily add her own executables into the mix, should she choose. verexec(1) is more flexible and less prone to something going wrong. Danek _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
