Jack Schwartz wrote: > Hi everyone. > > Will the pkg command eventually have a way of explicitly excluding a > package from a requested cluster? > > As an example, suppose cluster_fmri is a cluster "package" which > specifies many packages, including pkg_fmri. Will there be a way to > specify cluster_fmri while excluding pkg_fmri from being installed > (assuming nothing depends on pkg_fmri)? Something like this: > > pkg install cluster_fmri -x pkg_fmri > > This would be useful for installers and programs like the > Distro-constructor, which might want to selectively exclude certain > functionality from an otherwise complete system without having to > specify long lists of packages or having to worry about dependencies. > > Thanks,
Wouldn't it be a lot more logical for someone using the constructor to define clusters exactly as needed in the repository? Yes, right now changing cluster definitions requires a putback to the pkg gate; but that is no reason that the software should reflect the temporary organizational boundaries of the groups producing it. - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blogs.sun.com/barts "You will contribute more with mercurial than with thunderbird". _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
