Querry on solaris package install

Hi,
I am not able to use environment variables inside preinstall or post install scripts while packaging a solaris package. I am trying to export variables in a shell (where i am giving pkgadd command) and trying to access the same variables during pre/post install. Is this functionality supported on Solaris ?
Do you have any workaround for this ?
Thanks,
Vinay

WHICH Solaris? SPARC or x86? There's NO 9i for Solaris-x86, in case of SPARC you need to execute runInstaller with the -ignoreSysPrereqs option.
Werner

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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/devtools.html
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/devtools.js
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/inspector.html
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/inspectorSyntaxHighlight.css
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/checker.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/clearConsoleButtonGlyph.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/closeButtons.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/cookie.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/database.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/databaseTable.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/elementsIcon.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/enableOutlineButtonGlyph.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/focusButtonGlyph.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/goArrow.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/graphLabelCalloutRight.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/largerResourcesButtonGlyph.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/localStorage.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/nodeSearchButtonGlyph.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/paneBottomGrow.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/paneGrowHandleLine.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/paneSettingsButtons.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/percentButtonGlyph.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/timelineIcon.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/timelinePillPurple.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/timelinePillRed.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/tipBalloon.png
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    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/treeRightTriangleBlack.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/treeRightTriangleWhite.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/treeUpTriangleBlack.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/treeUpTriangleWhite.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/undockButtonGlyph.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/userInputIcon.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/userInputPreviousIcon.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/userInputResultIcon.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/warningIcon.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/warningMediumIcon.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/warningOrangeDot.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/warningsErrors.png
    /opt/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/Images/whiteConnectorPoint.png
    /usr/bin/chromium-browser
    /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
    /usr/share/licenses/chromium-browser-bin
    /usr/share/licenses/chromium-browser-bin/LICENSE.txt
    /usr/share/man/man1/chromium-browser.1.gz
    /usr/share/pixmaps/chromium-browser.png
    Chromium-browser is just one of the packages I remember having installed using yaourt prior to the /var/lib/pacman deletion. I would like to know if there is a way to find all such aur packages installed through yaourt prior to /var/lib/pacman deletion and if possible, delete them.
    Thanks.
    Last edited by billy123 (2010-04-05 16:35:35)

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