James Litchfield wrote:
> I thought Bill Walker made a good start but here are some examples from an
> in-progress effort at a major customer:
> 
> A) install a reduced subset of Solaris

The above is no longer applicable in the case of IPS-based systems as 
complete control, using AI or distro-constructor, over the choice of 
packages (constrained by build and require dependencies of course) is 
available.

> B) install Solaris patches
...
> D) Patch installed products where patches are Solaris style patches or simply 
> new 
>     executables replacing old executables.

Patches no longer exist in the IPS era.  Putting custom files into place 
is reasonable, as long as those files are not replacing files in 
existing packages (that aren't meant to be edited, such as configuration 
file) -- that will just cause unending grief.

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker

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