[indiana-discuss] "no scripting zone" and isaexec(3C) == architectural

[Shawn Walker]

Matt Ingenthron wrote:
> Shawn Walker wrote:
>> Matt Ingenthron wrote:
>>> Shawn Walker wrote:
>>>> UNIX admin wrote:
>>>>>> The answer is that your software is not correctly
>>>>>> packaged for OpenSolaris 200x :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you mind pointing out what exactly makes my software 
>>>>> "incorrectly packaged" for OpenSolaris?
>>>>> Is there a formal specification document which details how and in 
>>>>> what places "Indiana" expects to have software packaged?
>>>>
>>>> As noted in:
>>>>
>>>> PSARC/2005/185 Enabling serendipitous discovery
>>>> PSARC/2007/048 Include GNU coreutils 6.7
>>>> PSARC/1991/061 Packaging rules for system extensions
>>>>
>>>> ...many bits of software are moving to /usr :)
>>>>
>>>> Death to /opt/sfw, /usr/sfw, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Deliver to /usr; your life will be simpler, many users will thank 
>>>> you, and you won't have this issue.
>>>
>>> Uh, Shawn... you're conflating things **Sun** had not delivered to 
>>> /usr/bin and instead used /usr/gnu with software **others**, who are 
>>> not part of the distro, want to deliver to OpenSolaris.
>>> None of the documents you've referenced above indicate third parties 
>>> should start delivering software to the UNIX system repository 
>>> (/usr).  In fact the ARC guidelines _specify_ /opt, /var/opt, 
>>> /etc/opt and friends for "Add-on system software or applications":
>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/install-locations/
>>>
>>> Respectfully, I believe you are quite wrong on this.
>>
>> I disagree.  For many of the same reasons stated in PSARC/2005/185, I 
>> believe even third-party software belongs in /usr.
> 
> 
> Could you reference where this was communicated?  (I don't think you can)

My point was that for some of the same reasons that Sun is moving 
software from /usr/sfw, etc. to /usr are equally applicable to 
third-party software.

> What you've supplied thus far has to do with software Sun has bundled.  
> I've referenced where Sun has specified otherwise.  Please use the ARC 
> community to get this documented correctly if you're so sure of the change.

You're certainly welcome to do so; I have plenty of other things to do :)

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker