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List:       opensolaris-discuss
Subject:    Re: [osol-discuss] Merge other distros to OpenIndiana?
From:       Joerg.Schilling () fokus ! fraunhofer ! de (Joerg Schilling)
Date:       2010-09-17 12:28:41
Message-ID: 4c935ef9.GvkQ7/j6EMA4/NBH%Joerg.Schilling () fokus ! fraunhofer ! de
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Ian Collins <ian@ianshome.com> wrote:

> > SVR4 packages support sparse zones, IPS does not.
> >
> >    
> OpenSolaris doesn't have sparse zones, so there nothing to support.

Looks like you are confusing OpenSolaris with Indiana.

> If I remember the threads at the time, they were (rightly) considered 
> unnecessary now we use ZFS for zone roots.

This is not a solution but a workaround for a problem.

Jörg

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