[csw-maintainers] cswclassutils install failed

[rupert THURNER]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 16:43, Peter Bonivart <bonivart at opencsw.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 11:48 AM, rupert THURNER <rupert at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> what would happen if one lives without classutils?
>
> Disregarding that you have to force past the dependency requirement it
> would be the equivalent of not running pre/post scripts. The packages
> that depend on cswclassutils use it for some combo of e.g. init/SMF
> support and handling of configuration files, see
> http://wiki.opencsw.org/cswclassutils-package for all features.
>
> What's the problem to install it in the global zone? Even if you don't
> have root access to it yourself you should be able to make a request
> for a package install, right? What would you do with a sparse zone if
> you needed a SUNW package that installed in /usr?

we would need to make a request. as we have 1000 machines, and only a
few of them run opencsw it would be denied.

i am wondering how it was done in the past? because we never had write
access and it always seemed to work. also the install description only
states /opt/csw as mount point.

rupert.