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

[Shawn Walker]

UNIX admin wrote:
>> The escape clause in IPS is to install a one-shot SMF
>> service that can  
>> do whatever you want, like assemble a config file
>> from multiple bits.
> 
> To the best of my knowledge and belief, as of right now, SMF provides no capability for a one time run, so getting post-installation code to run via SMF is tricky, with one svcadm refresh, and one svccfg delete.
> 
> Is it really practical to take the "no scripting zone" design so far as to force people to resort to "backdoors" and hacks via SMF, which SMF doesn't even rightly support yet? I mean, if I have to use SMF to do postinstall, I clearly have the need to execute code upon software installation and removal. Why refuse to give me capability to do that in the packaging system?

http://blogs.sun.com/sch/entry/pkg_1_a_no_scripting

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Shawn Walker