Ethan Quach wrote: > Even if that software package defined in the collection > is a later rev that what was cpio'ed over from the liveCD, > installing that collection should still follow pkg's policy. > Installing that collection ultimately leads to said software > package being "updated" on the installed system. Files > that have been customized (e.g. /etc/app.conf) don't get > overwritten via an update. > > Having said that, it wasn't clear to me in your original > posting that we would be allowing both cpio install and > collection selection simultaneously. Our chat with Glynn > resulted in that this wasn't explicitly a requirement; > providing a choice of either was sufficient. Have we > decided otherwise?
The only issue with the current cpio-based install approach is that some of the files in the live image have been modified and so that would skew the size of the install plan (only slightly though) if it was calculated based off the live image. Otherwise, IPS shouldn't have an issue with either approach. It calculates exactly what is needed from the image you point it at. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
