Danek Duvall wrote: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 08:17:02PM -0700, Sriram Natarajan wrote: > > >> Well, I am thinking of more simple along the lines of >> >> for example, >> a) gd component delivers 2 packages - regular and optimized for >> modern architecture >> b) installer or IPS framework determines that this system is a >> modern architecture and hence installs the optimized version of that >> library component. >> > > That's not a decision a packaging system can make. It can't know what the > optimal binary is because it's not necessarily running on the system that > the library will be loaded on. Never mind that the entire OS image may be > lifted off of one machine and plopped onto another at some point (p2v). > It's a decision that needs to be made at boot time, or at runtime. > > Very valid point. As you suggested, I guess , I can raise this issue at tools-linkers at sun.com to find out the best way to resolve this issue. Now, assuming this can be done, does any one have any objections with the concept of delivering multiple version (regular and cpu optimized) of some critical libraries that are under sfw consolidation ?
- Sriram > Danek >
