[2917] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Installing PUBLIC=false
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Thu Aug 24 10:37:15 2000
To: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>
cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:55:08 EDT."
<200008240555.BAA12142@sweet-transvestite.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:36:53 -0400
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
Just processed this:
> We kept coming up with cases where this produced the wrong behavior.
> It could replace the kernel the installer had installed, which would
> be a significant disadvantage. It might interact badly with other
> packages that the installation had chosen.
If you are going to be creating machines with different OS packages
installed than the Athena set, I think we will become Very Grumpy
unless you call them layered machines. Part of the definition of a
non-layered Athena machine is that Athena manages the OS installation.
There can be local customizations, but they need to be actually be
local customizations, not "I got a different set of RPMs because I
used this other installation."
