Hi,
we have come a long way. I just reviewed the descriptions at
http://www.opencsw.org/get-it/
and this way too complex for a simple task. It should IMHO
better read
* pkg-get: pkgadd -d http://mirror.opencsw.org/opencsw/pkg-get.pkg
/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -i <whateveryoulike>
* pkgutil: pkgadd -d http://mirror.opencsw.org/opencsw/pkgutil.pkg
/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -i <whateveryoulike>
After reviewing the discussion I really think the argument
of "uglyness" about having two wgets must stand back if it
allows just one line of installation.
Best regards
-- Dago
PS: This was the initial thread I was referring to:
Am 28.09.2009 um 22:15 schrieb Sebastian Kayser:
Dagobert Michelsen wrote on 28.09.2009 21:16:
Am 28.09.2009 um 21:12 schrieb Sebastian Kayser:
pkgutil was placed straight at the mirror root a while ago to
facilitate
downloading, but it doesn't seem to get updates. The version
floating
around [1,2] is 1.5, most recent pkgutil is 1.7. Could this please
be
fixed (and be kept in sync in the future pleeeaase :).
Furthermore, could pkgutil be made an ARCH=all package, so that
there is
just _one_ direct link that one can point new users to and not a
platform specific one (i know about uname -p, still it just makes
things
more straightforward)?
I see, the package contains a wget which is platform specific.
Couldn't
we just include two wgets (wget.i386, wget.sparc)? From what i
remember,
that is the same approach Sun uses for its explorer package.
This was Peters intent, but Phil argued strongly against having
ARCHALL=1
packages with arch-specific binaries. See the thread for details:
<http://lists.opencsw.org/pipermail/maintainers/2008-November/000089.html
Wow, that's a huge discussion. I couldn't resist thinking about our
motto (while reading):
"to provide a straightforward, easy-to-use experience for the user"
pkgutil is one out of two possible packages of ours that a user comes
across first. While i see that there is a need to decide about what
should be an ARCH=all package, i don't really see the need to make an
example of pkgutil (considering that one could argue both ways). :/
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