Thanks Albert, I will read through Dan's blog.. regards, Ram
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Albert White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ram, > > Opensolaris is at the moment limited to IPS branded zones. These branded > zones are very distinct from the global zone and upgrading the packages on > the global has no effect on the branded zones. Or put another way if you > update your global zone you need to manually update all the local zones. So > you don't have local zones (whole or sparse) as you did in s10; or the > associated issues with adding packages and patching them! > > I don't know what the plan is regarding local zones, thats probably > something you would get more information on from the zones-discus list. > > Dan Price wrote an interesting blog article about the Opensolaris > implementation zones which you may find interesting > http://blogs.sun.com/dp/date/20080512 > > Cheers, > ~Albert > > ramanujan oops wrote: > >> Hi, >> Pardon me for my second try in quick succession..Just curious for >> an answer! >> >> regards, >> Ram >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 7:33 PM, ramanujan oops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> What happens when one installs an IPS package in the global zone >> of a box that has local zones too? >> >> I understand that the installation behaviors are controlled via the >> packaging parameters in SVR4 version (SUNW_PKG_THISZONE, >> SUNW_PKG_ALLZONE, etc). But, I don't exactly know the behavior of >> package installation in IPS. >> >> By default, will the package be installed only in Global zones? Or >> will it be pushed to local zones as well? >> >> I'm not able to test the behavior as I'm facing issues while >> creating local zones in my OpenSolaris box, hence this question. >> >> Can you kindly throw some light here? >> >> regards, >> Ram >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pkg-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss >> > > > -- > Albert White - Sun Ireland [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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