Peter Tribble wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 12:02, Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: > >>> I just logged 6416836 reequesting that the pkg db support >>> be removed from the packaging tools. >>> >> Is the code still used on upgrades when upgrading systems with >> a packagedb database? >> > > I don't think so. I don't think any of the packagedb code > is actually reachable. (The tools build and link without > it, if that's any indication.) > > Besides, there shouldn't be any such systems. That would > only be some of the S10 beta (or express) releases from > 18 months back. I don't know about support, but SX only > has a 6-month RTU. If it is a problem, and works in S10, > then I would regard requiring an S10 intermediate step > as reasonable. > The package db code was left in so that anyone who used the various S10 Beta or S10 SX releases where the package db was used could migrate back to an ordinary contents file.
Now that S10 GA is done, it can now be safely removed. -GmG
