Brian Gupta wrote: > I will not be replacing the vim binary, or associated links. I will be > providing a set of files that will coexist with the files, links and > directories provided by SUNWvim. My understanding is that two > different SUNW packages can not have conflicting files. If they could, > I might have taken a different approach. IE: Provide alternate > packages, similar to how the Debian folks do it. vim-tiny, vim, > vim-full, such that depending on which package you installed, > /usr/bin/vim can have different compile options.
You *could* also extend this case to include redelivering the vim package(s), and redesign that area as well if it would result in a "better" system. Of course, it also makes things a bit harder, so it is entirely your call... -John