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

[Nicolas Williams]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 12:13:15PM -0700, UNIX admin wrote:
> And: what happens, when package A delivers for example /etc/ipf.conf,
> and package B wants to deliver entries into that file, such as
> additional firewall rules, or removal of firewall rules?

That file is what we'd call an editable file, so neither package should
clobber it -- instead IPS pkgs should be self-assembling (and SVR4 pkgs
should use class action scripts).