[csw-users] blastwave package question

[Larry W. Virden]

I'm investigating the possible use of some blastwave packages. However,
I need to discover an answer to an administrative question.

When an administer does a pkgadd of a Sun package, some audit trail files
are created/updated in root file systems, so that one can query what
versions of the package are installed, etc.

When one uses the blastwave pkg_add command, is the same true? Are files
created in the root file system?

The system admins are concerned that use of the blastwave pkg_add will create
a situation where, when they apply Sun patches or upgrades, blastwave info
may be overwritten and someone would then need to reinstall the packages.

If pkg_add does do this, then is there a way to install things manually so
that such files need not be created (or at least not in root)? 
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