Ethan Quach wrote: > > Tim Knitter wrote: >> Bart Smaalders wrote: >> >>> Tim Knitter wrote: >>> >>>> Bart and all, >>>> >>>> I just fixed 1981 (not yet integrated) in the IPS gate and it >>>> requires 1179 in the slim gate. If the fix for 1179 doesn't >>>> >>> > exist on the system and the fix for 1981 does, then any failed pkg >>> > install/uninstall operation will fail to create a clone of the image. >>> > I'm wondering how best to handle this dependency for opensolaris. Can >>> > both the SUNWipkg and SUNWinstall-libs be updated at the same time? >>> > If so is there a mechanism in place to do it? >>> >>> I'm confused (as usual). Today, pkg install/uninstall doesn't create >>> a clone. Do you mean pkg update-image? >>> >>> >> pkg install/uninstall creates a clone in the event of a failed operation on >> the live image. See >> src/modules/client/bootenv.py:restore_install_uninstall(). Actually that is >> orthogonal to the main issue of the dependency that 1981 will have on libbe, >> if integrated. And I suspect this won't be the first fix that will impose a >> pkg -> libbe dependency since libbe and pkg are in bed with one another now. >> ;-) The question is, how can we resolve this dependency going forward >> without breaking pkg(1)? Always deliver SUNWinstall-libs and SUNWipkg >> together? Then there is the issue before an opensolaris release or update. A >> system could have newer pkg bits then libbe bits. Probably a secondary issue >> resolved by installing the latest SUNWinstall-libs pkg but could pose issues >> for developers. >> > > I don't think its as complicated as you're making it out to be. 1179 simply > augments an interface provided by libbe (it doesn't break any existing > usages). > 1981 modifies pkg(1) to consume that new feature, so we have this version > dependency. How is this handled normally? >
This is easy to handle in the context of upgrade. It is more complicated for those doing development internally, since we expect to be able to update IPS asynchronously from the rest of the system. Have you considered just putting libbe into the IPS gate? This would make this a lot simpler if you anticipate changing this interface again... - 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
