Hi,
We are using snv_62, after the initial install we are removing packages
that we really do not need.
Initially I removed all Gnome then thought what will happen if I remove
all application category...

I have found 2 discrepancies that I feel are bugs...unless my
understanding is wrong...
Both of these issues stemming from the fact that I would have thought
that packages that belong to the system category shouldn't be dependent
on application category packages.

The first one is SUNWhal (hardware abstraction) is a system category
which is dependent on SUNWdbus-root which is application category..
The other is SUNWzone* which is system and is dependent on SUNWluzone
(Live upgrade) which is application..

There is also packages that are in the system category which really
shouldn't be there eg GIMP.

Personally I would have liked system (all core system level
tools/utilities), xserver (X server), and application (everything else).
Then if I want a headless server I just install the system packages. If
I want headless but need X for say image generation software, or  I can
also install xserver but I don't get Gnome and CDE they should be
application packages and be installed as needed...

Is there an reasoning behind this?

Thanks,
Jason.




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