Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Ryan de Laplante wrote: >> Thanks for the reply. The feature I am most interested in is the new >> package management that can resolve dependencies, and can download >> packages from a remote server. After setting up a new zone in >> Solaris 10, I tried to install packages and got so lost in dependency >> hell I had to stop. Hopefully the new package management feature >> will be available in a future Solaris 10 update. Then we won't need >> to install the "Entire Software Group" on production servers which >> includes games, office productivity, graphics editing, etc. > > I don't really think replacing the entire packaging system is an > update release sort of feature - it's the sort of thing that makes > you say "This one is 11", since otherwise it breaks all the normal > rules about "If you need to fix this bug on Solaris 10, apply this > Solaris 10 patch, no matter what update release of Solaris 10 you > originally installed." >
Yes I agree with you about that. I'm new to Solaris and the lack of dependency resolution is my biggest challenge setting up a "clean" server that does what I want. I look forward to Solaris 11 but it looks like I will have to learn to work with Solaris 10 package management, or just install the "Entire Group" and make a lot of that stuff shared with my zones so that the zones are usable too. This thread is off topic for this mailing list so I won't keep it going any longer. Thanks, Ryan
