2008/350 SMF Template Extensions

[Darren Reed]

Liane Praza wrote:

> Darren Reed wrote:
>
>> Liane Praza wrote:
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>>> Darren Reed wrote:
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>>>> Liane Praza wrote:
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>>>>> ...
>>>>> 2.5 Manifest updates
>>>>>
>>>>>  As part of the initial integration of the Templates project, we will
>>>>>  provide a set of updated manifests, including updated manifests to
>>>>>  describe the global and restarter generic properties.
>>>>>
>>>>>  The svc:/system/svc/global service is newly introduced to define
>>>>>  SMF-wide templates and settings.
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can you please expand on the behaviour of this service?
>>>> Will a man page (or other documentation) be delivered?
>>>> (There doesn't appear to be anything in the materials dir.?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's mentioned in smf_template(5), which is the current subsystem 
>>> which utilizes the service.
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm...
>>
>> If a property is now defined first in a template and has previously
>> been defined in a service, is it now necessary to use "override='true'"?
>> And/or are there any consequences/requirements of using this attribute
>> now that templates may be imported earlier?
>
>
> Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question.
>
> Templates are metadata about configuration.  Metadata has no impact on 
> whether a property is defined on a service, it only may describe that 
> property.


Ah, ok.  Because they are using the same XML schema,
I had the impression they could contain data too. Thanks
for clearing that up.

Darren