While there are people on this list who can answer your questions, please make a habit of asking IPS-specific questions on pkg-discuss, which is where IPS development discussions occur. See below for some brief answers.
vinz meier wrote: > hello > i've set up a ips server using > svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/port=10000 > svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop > pkg/inst_root=/export/home/ips_repository > svcadm refresh pkg/server > svcadm enable pkg/server > > what i would like to do now is populate it with the official packages. > i would like to mirror (but only the latest packages) of pkg.opensolaris.org > as we will use AI to install dozens of workstations per week, it makes little > sense to pull it each time from the WAN > > so my actual question is, where can i pull packages so i can import them into > the repository using "pkgsend send SUNW..."? > See http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg/Mirroring/. If you're looking to mirror only the /release repository, you may need assistance from the IPS team. Building a repository by importing the original SVR4 packages is a complex process which isn't well-documented, and not all of the content is easy to collect - you'd have to build some things from source at present. > excuse me if i am too stupid, but i could not find the packages on the > 2008.11 CD (nor in the pkg.zlib nor solaris.zlib) > The OpenSolaris CD does not contain any packages due to space limitations. Dave
