Yes, I was hoping you would suggest something like this for zip based
installer. When you do this, please make sure the layout looks identical
for both installations except the absence of IPS metadata.
Sahoo
Snjezana Sevo-Zenzerovic wrote:
> The way this is handled in IPS enabled zip distribution is that
> archive contains one additional top level directory, i.e. there are:
>
> glassfishv3/glassfish
> glassfishv3/mq
> glassfishv3/.org.opensolaris,pkg
>
> So, creating similar structure for developer build would certainly be
> an option.
>
>
> Sahoo wrote:
>
>> The obvious advantage of having a top level directory is that user
>> can delete just that to get rid of an installation. It is especially
>> needed because there is no separate installer/uninstaller.
>>
>> Sahoo
>>
>> Snjezana Sevo-Zenzerovic wrote:
>>
>>> FWIW, I did it on purpose since I wanted to keep the file layout of
>>> developer build as close as possible to the file layout of the
>>> official, IPS enabled distribution (and this includes IPS enabled
>>> zip based installation). Inconsistent handling of javadb location
>>> was/is a pain point since we run into situations where tests were
>>> working on developer distribution and not on IPS one and vice versa.
>>>
>>> There are obviously pros and cons of this approach, so I would
>>> certainly like to hear some more input on this...
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Snjezana
>>>
>>> Sahoo wrote:
>>>
>>>> This does not look correct to me. When I unzip glassfish.zip, mq is
>>>> getting installed parallel to glassfish dir. While that structire
>>>> is OK for IPS package layout, for zip based installer, everything
>>>> should be under one directory.
>>>>
>>>> Sahoo
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