Re: Solaris packages not working quite right

[Lloyd Parkes <Lloyd.Parkes%ird.govt.nz@localhost>]

Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> Re: +INSTALL/+DEINSTALL scripts: It should work well if you just prefix
> the script with the few environmental variables export by pkg_add
> normally.

The semantics aren't quite right though.

The PRE-INSTALL action in +INSTALL creates directories, which is strictly 
forbidden in SVR4 preinstall scripts. It looks as if we should be able to move 
the directory creation in to the POST-INSTALL action. I'm guessing that all 
directories need for the PLIST phase are created by the PLIST phase and so, I'm 
also guessing that the directories created in the PRE-INSTALL are only used by 
the file copies done in the POST-INSTALL action.

After looking at the documentation, these look like reasonable guesses.

I know it feels a bit odd to create directories after we install the bulk of the 
package files, but the PLIST really ought to be internally consistent. Does 
anyone have any objections to adopting this behaviour. It'll make the Solaris 
support a bit cleaner.

Cheers
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Lloyd Parkes
Systems Consultant
Open Systems
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