On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 00:37, Rainer Orth wrote: > While working with Mike Kupfer to integrate my fix for > > 6414822 don't try to build packages with closed components > > the question came up how to properly deal with a couple of packages that > cannot be built in an open build since they contain files missing from the > closed tarballs. The workaround I've come with for the CR above is to > avoid building those packages, but this is not appropriate in a couple of > cases since core packages like SUNWcsu and SUNWhea are omitted. ... > The question is: is the proposed creation (and granularity) of new packages > a reasonable thing to do, and are there additional issues to consider?
Well, I would say (as might be predicted) not. To me, package boundaries should be defined simply in terms of what makes sense for the end user or administrator. One of the problems I have with the current split in Solaris is that is in many places completely senseless in this respect; this isn't going to make it any better. -- -Peter Tribble L.I.S., University of Hertfordshire - http://www.herts.ac.uk/ http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
