Hello Darren, Thursday, April 13, 2006, 4:46:17 PM, you wrote:
DJM> Eric Boutilier wrote: >> >> Hmm, Sun service would not like it (to put it mildly), but other than >> that it sounds worth considering if you ask me. So James, correct me if >> I'm wrong... the following is a sample future scenario that I think >> you're suggesting with a /usr solution...? DJM> I don't think Sun Service would have a problem with it. The pkg tools DJM> can still tell you where the stuff came from anyway. DJM> Where there is a potential issue though is with zones. Depending on DJM> what kind of zones you build having the "unbundled" stuff in /opt is DJM> actually a nice feature since it means you can share an OS install (ie DJM> /usr/) and get all the benefits of sharing for the system libs. You DJM> still give to have your own /opt and have different revisions of the DJM> unbundled software available. If we "throw" everything into /usr that DJM> becomes difficult. And that is exactly what we are doing on our devel servers - different zones for different developers groups with their software installed in their zones (blastwave for example). If one group wants newer gcc or a open source library - it's up to them without affecting the others. -- Best regards, Robert mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://milek.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
