Alok Aggarwal wrote: > Here is what I'm thinking of implementing in the AI engine > as far as dry run functionality goes - > > - Parse and validate the manifest obtained from the AI > webserver > - Set up installation parameters based on the information > in the manifest > - Initiate target discovery to either select a target > device specified in the manifest or pick a default target > - Initiate target instantiation in dry run mode to do > some sanity checking > - Print out the installation parameters such as target > device, IPS repo name/port, list of packages to be > installed > > Note that the IPS repo won't be contacted as part of this > process so if there are problems with name resolution, etc. > the dry run won't catch those. >
Seems like you could easily create a temporary package image area and then run pkg install -n to it. > Would this be sufficient for test purposes? > Test isn't the only consumer here; I'd expect that end users would be more satisfied if you can dry-run all of the critical operations. Dave
