> 
> >If I (at the risk of sounding like a broken record)
> go back to clusters
> >and metaclusters, then imagine clusteradd operating
> on clusters as first
> >class objects - so it installs the whole lot in a
> single operation
> >(rather
> >like a single pkgadd of all the combined packages),
> and only updates the
> >contents file once.
> 
> I'd much prefer it if we could optimize the operation
> so that:
> 
>       pkgadd p1
>       pkgadd p2
>       pkgadd p3
> 
> is speeded up as much as
> 
>       pkgadd p1 p2 p3
> 
> as that gives the same gain without having to retool
> everything around it.

"pkgadd p1 p2 p3" operation for Solaris has been implemented by TWW's HPMS for 
Solaris.

Even auto installation for chain of package dependency that exist in other OS  
(like HP-UX's SD-UX) is avaiable for Solaris already. 

tj

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