On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Shawn Walker <swal...@opensolaris.org> wrote: > Andre Lue wrote: >> >> Shawn, >> >> Can you say if there are any future plans to include a switch to override >> installing the dependencies of a package. > > No, there are no plans for that. If a package declares dependencies as > required, then the package system must install them to be able to manage > packages properly. To do so otherwise is madness from a dependency > resolution standpoint.
What's more important: the correct operation of the system, or the packaging system? > With that said, it is planned that publication tools are enhanced so that > you can easily copy a package and strip its dependencies if you want to > customise it and install your own version. That way is madness from a systems administration standpoint. In terms of the operation of the packaged software, whether you override the packaging tools and force an install in violation of the dependencies, or whether you take another package and lie about its dependencies makes no difference - the same bits end up on the disk. In terms of manageability and problem resolution, there's a huge difference. In one case the packaging system can help the admin by telling you that there's a problem, and even let you clamber out of the hole you've landed in. In the other case you have a system that's broken and have no hope of diagnosing or fixing it. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
