a b wrote:
> ...many bits of software are moving to /usr :)
> Deliver to /usr; your life will be simpler, many users will thank you,
> and you won't have this issue.
Consider that if I deliver my software in /usr (as a 3rd party unbundled
applications vendor), I run an extremely high risk of:
a) being overwritten by IPS, respectively your own updates
b) my software overwriting your software.
Work is scheduled to alter packaging system to prevent a user from
installing packages with conflicting resources. It is actually
desirable that some software delivers into the same place to allow it to
replace another component.
It appears that these architectural issue have not been thought throughly.
The OpenSolaris distribution, as you are aware, is experimenting with
changes that have not yet made it through ARC. Regardless, I don't see
the issue here. Ubuntu, et al. are quite successful despite the lack of
adherence to the Sys V filesystem specification from a user perspective.
I won't debate the merits, etc. of this with your nor comment on what
should or should not be done architecturally as that isn't my
responsibility. I'll just simply say that I see no issue with packaging
for /usr as most packages are moving towards, and that I believe most
users will expect that.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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