Hi!

As you may know, Joyent use pkgsrc to provide binary packages for
SmartOS.  We currently build a limited set, in order to ensure that
the packages we do provide behave as users expect (SMF support, etc.)

As an alternative, there is now a full build of pkgsrc-2012Q2
available for SmartOS and other illumos-derived systems, consisting of
9,401 binary packages (without SMF bits, etc).  Details of how to
install them are here:

  http://www.perkin.org.uk/posts/9000-packages-for-smartos-and-illumos.html

Feedback would be really appreciated, especially from non-SmartOS
users as I have not tested on other illumos forks.  We are hoping to
hit 10,000 packages for pkgsrc's 15th birthday in 2012Q3.

Regards,

-- 
Jonathan Perkin  -  Joyent, Inc.  -  www.joyent.com


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