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TheImage Packaging System, also known asIPS,[1] is across-platformpackage management system created by theOpenSolaris community in coordination with Sun Microsystems. It is used bySolaris 11 and severalIllumos-based distributions:OpenIndiana, OmniOS, XStreamOS[2] and a growing number of layered applications, includingGlassFish, across a variety of operating system platforms. IPS is currently written in thePython programming language, but a rust implementation intended to succeed it is in progress.[3]
IPS enables asuperuser to search for, install, and removesoftware packages from the Solaris system.[4]
Due to the fact that IPS delivers each file in a separate shelf[clarification needed] with a separate checksum, a package update only needs to replace files that have been modified. When dealing withELF binaries, IPS computes checksums only from the loaded parts of an ELF binary[citation needed]. This means in practice that when only the ELF comment section has been changed, there would be no need to update it. However, this method of delivery can cause slower operation when the input source is on a medium with high latency (e.g. internet with higher round trip time or CD/DVD media with slow seeks).
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