[OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg mediator vendor vs. system?

[Marcel Telka]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 01:24:03PM -0500, Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> $ pkg mediator -a openssl
> MEDIATOR            VER. SRC. VERSION IMPL. SRC. IMPLEMENTATION
> openssl             vendor    1.0     vendor     openssl
> openssl             system    3       system     openssl

system - default priority; (comes from packages)
vendor - higher priority than system; comes from packages
local - higher priority than vendor; set by administrator

> Why is one "vendor" and one "system"?  What does that imply?

See above.  It implies that 1.0 is of higher priority.

> Also, how do we tell when a mediator is in a non-default state?  With
> facets, 'pkg facet' provides an easy way to see local overrides.  How
> can I tell if any of my system's mediators are stuck in a non-default
> state?

pkg mediator | grep local

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