On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 01:03:40PM +0100, Gary Pennington wrote: > On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 02:13:51AM -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > > Having built the second revision of the Run-Time Platform Solaris, I went > > on to install zones. > > > > Effectively it turns out that if I were to satisfy all the dependencies, I > > would effectively have to install more or less the entire X windowing > > environment. > > > > Zone packages end up needing other packages, which end up needing the > > SUNWj5rt package, > > > > SUNWj5rt needs a whole bunch of X-windows packages, such as SUNWxwplt and > > the like, > > > > which personally I find insane and totally against my goal to build a > > run-time platform that is as lean and as flexible as possible. > > > > Why do zone packages and eventually their dependencies like the pool > > package end up needing Java? As soon as Java is in the game, I can forget a > > lean and mean run-time platform. Java belongs in the middleware layer, not > > in the core operating system layer. > > > > Is this a bug? Can this be fixed? When can it be fixed? This is in Solaris > > 10 6/06, and most likely in Solaris 10 1/06 as well. > > > > It is fixed in Nevada. > > Take a look at: > > http://scsh280r1.holland.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-1-5063672-1&searchclause=5063672 >
I'm sorry, that was the wrong URL. That's an internal site and I doubt you can access it. This might be more useful: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5063672 Gary > for more details. > > Gary > > > It is simply insane that I have to install Java and X-windows software to > > get zone functionality, i.e. satisfy package dependencies. > > > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > zones-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > -- > Gary Pennington > Solaris Kernel Development, > Sun Microsystems > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > zones-discuss mailing list > [email protected] -- Gary Pennington Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list [email protected]
