Does the package touch any inherited file ssytems, ie /usr or /lib as well?
The one reason I can think of for the behaviour you describe is if the package is installings bits into /usr for instance and /usr is inherited , then zoneadm install will not run the postinstall script for the package as there were no files actually installed ( as /usr is inherited ).
I use /usr as an example but the same applies to any inherited filesystem.
If that is that case ( installing into /usr with postinstall modifying /etc/services ), then the package would be in violation of packaging standards.
Such a package would need to be split into two seperate packages, root and usr. The following table lists the values for BASEDIR and SUNW_PKG_TYPE that is acceptable.
| SUNW_PKG_TYPE |
BASEDIR |
Prototype Package Object path allowed |
| root |
/ |
No usr or opt/ paths |
| usr |
/ |
Only usr/ paths |
| usr |
/usr |
relocatable under /usr/ |
| kvm |
/ |
only usr/platform |
| ow |
/usr |
only openwin/ paths |
| /opt |
only paths under /opt |
So I'm guessing that in your case, you need to have one package that has
SUNW_PKG_TYPE=root and BASEDIR=/ which delivers the /etc/services bit
and another that has
SUNW_PKG_TYPE=usr and BASEDIR=/ which delivers into /usr perhaps.
If the above is not the case, then we will need further info, perhaps the pkginfo and pkgmap of the failing package.
Enda
Joseph Balenzano wrote:
I have a package with the follow variables set ...
SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES=true
SUNW_PKG_HOLLOW=false
SUNW_PKG_THISZONE=false
The package also runs a postinstall script which modifies /etc/services
The package installs fine in the GZ and all current zones. The issue is with future zones. It appears that the postinstall script does not run in the namespace of the future zone that is, when the postinstall script runs, it modifies the /etc/services. I then tried prefixing the /etc/services references in the postinstall script with PKG_INSTALL_ROOT variable, but that appears not to be set when postinstall runs.
I don't really have a package like this but I have seen a number of packages from ISVs that does stuff like this. Is this suppose to work like this?
thxs
Joe
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