Enda O'Connor ( Sun Micro Systems Ireland) wrote: > Ihsan Zaghmouth wrote: >> Hi Jeff, >> >> Here is my 2 cents, after assuming that pkginfo should hold such an >> information post installation. >> The */var/sadm/pkg/<pkgname>/pkginfo* file lists among other info the >> *SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES*=true | false for the installed package. >> pkginfo should have an option to display that, I tried them all ... in >> vain ! >> >> if you write a small script, you can display the >> /var/sadm/pkg/<pkgname>/pkginfo, you should be able to distinguish: >> : >> cat /var/sadm/pkg/<pkgname>/pkginfo* | *grep SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES, and if: >> >> 1. SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES=true ... Then installed on all Zones >> 2. SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES=false ... *Only Global -G* just to be clear so there's no confusion:
If a package has SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES=false basically it means that the package does not have to be "identical" across all the zones, but the default behaviour of pkgadd is to add the package to all available zones ( both global and local ) unless -G was specified or SUNW_PKG_THISZONE is true in installing pkginfo, even with ALLZONES=false. So packages with SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES=false, will actually get installed in all the zones by default by calling pkgadd. The variable that corresponds to -G is SUNW_PKG_THISZONE see man -s4 pkginfo for a description of the 3 pkginfo variables that affect zones cheers Enda >> >> Ihsan >> > Hi > ALLZONES is not the same as -G > -G is identical in behaviour to SUNW_PKG_THISZONE=true > > So if a package does not define any of the zones variables including > SUNW_PKG_THISZONE > Adding said package with pkgadd -G will lead to identical behaviour as > though the package had > SUNW_PKG_THISZONE=true defined, but it does not cause this variable to > get defined in the pkginfo, rather a file > /var/sadm/install/gz-only-packages gets populated with this package > > Now remember that one could have > SUNWfoo and SUNWfoor, so a simple grep fro SUNWfoo in said file is not > sufficent, it might match SUNWfoor which is not what is wanted. > > Also > pkgparam is what is used to display pkginfo variables > > # pkgparam SUNWcsu SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES > true > # > > Enda >> Jeff Victor wrote: >>> How can someone learn whether a package was installed in the global zone >>> *with* -G - or without it? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> zones-discuss mailing list >>> zones-discuss@opensolaris.org >>> >> -- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> zones-discuss mailing list >> zones-discuss@opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > zones-discuss mailing list > zones-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
