Marty Duey <Marty.Duey at Sun.COM> wrote:
> As for compatibility with older releases of Solaris, doesn't IPS support
> SVR4 packages? If so, companies nor communities would have to change
> unless they wanted to do so (and who wouldn't?).
This does not yet make SVr4 packages invalid.
Companies will nut update to the new packaging mechanism before Solaris 11
has become the oldest supported SunOS. This may be 10 years from now.
J?rg
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