Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 01:14:01AM +0200, Darren Reed wrote:
>> So, in $SRC/pkgdefs/SUNWcsr/postinstall, I can see this:
>>
>> ...
>> cat >> $BASEDIR/var/svc/profile/upgrade <<\_DEL_BIND8
>
> That's a bug.
>
>> ...
>> cat >> ${PKG_INSTALL_ROOT}/var/svc/profile/upgrade <<\_IPSECUPGRD
>> ...
>
> That too is a bug, though arguably SUNWcsr can't actually be relocated,
> therefore it shouldn't be relocatable, and BASEDIR shouldn't be used. I
> don't know why core pkgs that couldn't possibly be relocated are
> nonetheless relocatable -- I've long thought it most strange.
>
On the latter, I don't follow, especially if you read the link you provided:
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-4042/package-2?a=view
The way I understand it is that all packages can have an alternative
root ($PKG_INSTALL_ROOT), but that relocatable *objects* inside packages
are referenced with $BASEDIR. That doesn't mean that all objects within
a package are relocatable. Am I missing something?
-Paul
