> Do we preserve /usr/bin/<whatever> link replacement on upgrade?

I don't believe we do.

> Personally I think that customers should not replace /usr/bin/<whatever>
> links, nor should we support it.  The versioning issue exists with or
> without OpenSolaris, so customers generally have to [or are better off
> if they] reference specific versions of Perl/python/whatever from their
> applications rather than generic "latest version" links.
>
> "Latest version" links are useful for users and developers early on
> during development, and for generic scripts that use #! but aren't
> "built" and therefore have to use /bin/<link> in order to have a chance
> of running at all.
>
> We'll probably be better off telling customers as much too.

+1

dsc

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