[csw-maintainers] CSWcswclassutils: it wants to write in /usr

[Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Gary Law <glaw at opencsw.org> wrote:
> All
>
> We seem to be stuck here with a choice, and to avoid lots of quoting
> I'll summarise:
>
> 1) Use CSWcswclassutils and stop those with read-only /usr using our packages;
>
> 2) Migrate away from CSWcswclassutils and build another mechanism
> that's similar.
>
> Primary problem with (1) is it rules out using CSW packages on a
> significant number of machines which have read-only /usr. I'd call
> that a major issue, a showstopper bug in the case of the package I'm
> trying to get into GAR.

Sad to hear that.

> Primary problem with (2) is that we might end up having users have to
> answer 'yes' to postinstall script questions if they don't have the
> right sort of admin file set up. Minor issue IMHO.
>
> I'd say the benefits of fixing (1) massively outweigh the disbenefits
> of (2). Thoughts?

I agree on the point that answering 'yes' to the postinstall scripts
is a minor issue.  If one maintains numerous of Solaris machines,
automated package installs are a must.

Maciej