On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 13:13 -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > Sebastien Roy wrote: > > I was under the impression that an IPS package manifest contained the > > set of services to be automatically imported and started as part of > > package installation, or temporarily disabled during package upgrade, > > etc. Where does one get the idea that a reboot is required for a > > package installation or upgrade? > > > > I don't get that idea by reading documentation: > > > > http://opensolaris.org/sc/src/pkg/gate/src/man/pkg.5.txt > > http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/2008.11/IMGPACKAGESYS/ipsdev.html#createipspkg > > It depends on whether you're updating the "live" system or not
The word "reboot" implies that the system being operated on is running. > , and what you're trying to do. > Right, but "it depends" does not imply, "must always reboot". The statement by Moinak that sparked this leg of the discussion was: "Which means those packages will require system reboot not unlike Windoze!" This isn't unequivocally true. -Seb _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
