UNIX admin wrote: > Hello > > I'm currently packaging NIC drivers, and I looked at the SUNW NIC drivers' > pkginfo files to see how Sun handles zones in these. > > What I found is that both SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES and SUNW_PKG_HOLLOW are equal to > "true". This causes the driver packages to show up but not actually be > installed in zones. > > So my question is this: what is the purpose of setting SUNW_PKG_HOLLOW to > true? > What is the reason behind having empty driver packages in zones? >
Mostly to allow dependencies to be resolved in non-global zones without actually having the package components installed in the non-global zone. This page explains the scenarios: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2450/6n4o5mdgj?a=view#z.pkginst.ov-36 Regards, Moinak. > I've been trying to figure out possible implications of setting both > SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES and SUNW_PKG_HOLLOW to "false", but I know from experience > that when Sun engineers do something, there must be some reason for it. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss >
