[csw-maintainers] Adjusting $(DIRPATHS) for sparse zones support with shared /opt

[Mike Watters]

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Philip Brown wrote:
> For people with a shared /opt (whether that be NFS or zones), the same
> issues still come into play. the issue of, "should configuration for 
> software X, be unique to each box, or globally shared?"
> 
> You dont see to address that type of issue at all.

Actually, and correct me if I am wrong, I think "global vs unique" is a moot
point if you have a shared /opt (NFS or zones.) I believe you will get a global
config regardless of /opt/csw/etc or /etc/opt/csw.

Example: shared /opt via NFS and linking /etc/opt/csw to /opt/csw/etc
	you get the same result as if you just put it in /opt/csw/etc.
	if you change it to suit one box, everything that has the NFS mount will get
changed.

the alternative is to instruct the user to copy the contents of /etc/opt/csw
from the shared server to each NFS mount, but that IMHO defeats the purpose of
a "shared" installation.


if we want a unique etc for each box, I say we:
* make the default /etc/opt/csw.
* create a package "CSWcswshared" that has a script with a config, that will
allow the user to pick and choose what packages he/she wants local configs for
and copy those to /etc/opt/csw/{catalogname} -- skipping files that already exist.


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Thanks,
Mike

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent.  It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage --
to move in the opposite direction."

* Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955
    US German-born Theoretical Physicist
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