Jordan Brown wrote: > Stephen Hahn wrote: >> If that file goes outside the image, it's not really a packaging >> action. So far, I've only heard an attempt to shift such operations >> back into packaging--why aren't these installer layer >> responsibilities? > > I think the real answer is that the systems (SVR4, RPM) that you're > replacing don't *require* an installer layer. Many applications find > that they must add an installer layer, either from laziness or from gaps > in the "packaging" layer, but I personally consider that to be a failure > rather than a model to emulate.
So you would find the Marvell Yukon ethernet interface SVR4 driver package that prompts for IP address, netmask, etc, during installation to be a model to emulate? The packaging system must be able to install the software w/o running any of it. You are conflating configuration and installation. What happens if I wish to make a change in configuration post-installation? - 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
