I'm sure some of the things below are just a lack of me missing it in
the documentation or simply not knowing what I'm doing because I'm new
to OpenSolaris..
1) After you pkg verify and realize that something isn't correct..
what's the best way to fix it?
a. Should something like pkg verify -fix be added so you can
optionally fix the package
b. pkg restore/reinstall which will basically override any changes
which have been made.. (deletions, modifications.. etc)
c. Try to manually fix the package
2) Unlike Linus.. I feel sysadmins should know and be able to treat
packages containing security updates at a higher priority.
I'm currently monitoring
http://blogs.sun.com/security/feed/entries/rss
and cross referencing the notes there to what's available in pkg
update-image -nv.. I'm sure there info is in a central database.. could
that somehow be tied into pkg or a tool which is aware to check if there
are any affected packages and optionally take some course of action like
install an update. (This idea is directly stolen from other distributions)
3) How will packages nearing eol be handled?
4) Some things which I think would be great to have in the
metadata/somewhere
a. which build options were used to make the package
b. *URI to the source..
c. The most restrictive license type.. pkg info --license is great,
but something simple like CDDL, GPL2.. etc..
* From ( http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/ggdvj.html ) I see
source_url, but I'm not sure where this is stored.. I don't see it in
pkg info.. Is it just optional and not being provided?
5) Is there a proper way to change the dependency for a virtual package?
pkg info slim_install
Name: slim_install
Summary: slim install cluster
State: Installed
Authority: opensolaris.org (preferred)
Version: 0.1
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.96
Packaging Date: Fri Aug 29 15:12:56 2008
Size: 0 B
FMRI: pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.96:20080829T151256Z
pkg contents slim_install
PATH
In this case would I have to modify
/var/pkg/pkg/babel_install/0.1%2C5.11-0.96%3A20080825T195126Z/manifest
6) Small nit..
From the man page
image-update [-fnvq]
"With the -f option, skip safety checks."
, but from the --help menu
pkg image-update [-nvq]
and online doc
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/cmdref.html
At some point I plan to dive into the source.. Any recommendations on
tooling.. vim or give the Netbeans python support a try?
Thanks and hopefully I don't ruffle any feathers with this..
./C
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