Hi Alan,

Alan Coopersmith píše v po 06. 12. 2010 v 10:21 -0800:
> Milan Jurik wrote:
> >  - is it acceptable solution to keep SUNWbipr tag in network/ftp and
> > move SUNWbip tak to network/ping (I believe "Basic IP commands" matches
> > ping binary more than ftp client? What is really expected from this
> > legacy tags?
> 
> There should be mail in the pkg-discuss archives from early this year from
> when I tackled the X consolidation package refactoring (which delivered into
> snv_144, so look a month or two before that).
> 
> The solution we agreed upon for packages upon which existing SVR4 packages
> may depend (since that's really what legacy package actions are for - 
> satisfying
> dependencies for SVR4 packages), was to create new "compatibility" packages
> which deliver just the legacy action and depend actions pointing to the IPS
> packages needed to make up the content of the old SVR4 package.
> 
> For example:
> http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/x-cons/xnv-clone/pkg/manifests/compatibility-packages-SUNWxwinc.mf
> http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/x-cons/xnv-clone/pkg/manifests/compatibility-packages-SUNWxwopt.mf
> http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/x-cons/xnv-clone/pkg/manifests/compatibility-packages-SUNWxwplt.mf
> 

thank you a lot, this looks like nice solution. I think I will use this
way, I will introduce compatibility/packages/SUNWbip (and keep legacy
tag SUNWbipr in network/ftp because it is valid).

Best regards,

Milan

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