joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote:
> andrew <andru...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> So instead of OpenSolaris installing just one CD's worth via CPIO, you will
>> have a Solaris Next DVD running the Caiman installer doing CPIO-based
>> installations of a whole DVD worth of IPS packages. Or perhaps Oracle will
>> manage to get an IPS-based installer working fast enough to be viable as the
>> OS installer itself, which would enable more fine-grained control of which
>> software to install from the DVD.
> Why are you interested in CPIO?
>
> CPIO is limited to 8 GB files and the (non-POSIX ... SVR4) CPIO archive format
> Solaris is currently using by default is even limited to 4 GB file size.
So? If the OS installer is unpacking any files larger than 4gb, there is
something seriously wrong.
> It has been shown already that pkgadd can be enhanced to use other
> archive types and I am strongly against introducing something new
> that is based n the outdated (since y-2001) CPIO.
Using cpio in the installs is hardly new.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com
Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System
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