HI Sanjay.
sanjay nadkarni wrote:
> Jack Schwartz wrote:
>> Hi everyone.
>>
>> The issue I had with building SVR4 packages turned out to be caused
>> by an omission during my image build. I can now successfully install
>> an SVR4 package without moving the /var/sadm/install tree into the
>> bootroot.
>>
>> The issue was due to my not having deleted
>> /var/sadm/install/.lockfile after having done a pkgadd as part of my
>> build process.
>>
> Ah the effect of turbo pkginstall changes. BTW is that the only thing
> that is needed ? There is also a new service system/pkgserv:default
> that was added that needs to be enabled.
Ah. That could explain why the /var/sadm/install dir had a .pkg.lock,
.pkg.lock.client and .door files which "magically" appeared in my live
CD image and were dated at reboot time. So, I think this service
already comes enabled as I did nothing explicit to enable it myself.
(BTW, pkgadd worked.)
Thanks,
Jack
>
> -Sanjay
>
>
>> Thanks to Karen for steering me in the right direction on this.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> On 12/03/09 15:13, Jack Schwartz wrote:
>>> Hi everyone.
>>>
>>> With the latest IPS changes, it appears that the slim CD's root
>>> filesystem needs an additional ~96 Mb. "pkg install" needs the
>>> space when installing additional packages. I believe this is due to
>>> the push for 12409 and 12340.
>>>
>>> The 96 Mb breaks down to ~46Mb needed to read the /var/pkg/state/...
>>> tree into memory so it is changeable, and another ~50Mb* used to
>>> copy it as part of the pkg install operation. The slim CD manifest
>>> needs the following changes:
>>> - specify the /var/pkg/state tree as bootroot-resident
>>> ("ramdisk-resident")
>>> - specify an additional 50Mb space via
>>> img_params/output_image/boot_archive/size_pad_mb
>>>
>>> * 50 Mb used to allow a little extra space for installed packages,
>>> etc. 46 Mb may be sufficient.
>>>
>>> Not sure if there may be a better strategy to handle this, as this
>>> will impact the minimum memory requirement of systems being able to
>>> run a live CD (whether slim or AI). Any ideas?
>>>
>>> On a related subject, in order to install an SVR4 package, the
>>> /var/sadm/install directory tree needs to be brought into the
>>> bootroot as well. This tree is very small however (~16kb).
>>>
>>> Please send any comments before Monday AM. I'll file a bug on this
>>> (for manifest changes or whatever else is decided) once discussion
>>> (if any) settles out.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jack
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