On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 10:29 -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:35:53AM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: > > Darren Reed wrote: > > >Is it acceptable for someone to to a build and install of only ON and > > >have documented programs that do not function because the interpreter > > >is missing? Is that impossible or just something we don't care > > >about? > > > > It isn't possible nor is it actually expected. > > I think Darren meant: build ON then BFU a proper install of Solaris to > that build of ON. BFU allows that, of course, though BFU is not a > supported method of installation. There should probably be an > update_perl script in the ONNV gate public bin, to support BFU users > (even though BFU is unsupported). Eventually BFU should be replaced by > IPS (update pkgs from a private repo with just your bits). > > > >To me it seems like perl is a core part of the system and thus should be > > >in ON... > > > > So are other things already in SFW. > > Let's not forget OpenSSL, which is now in SFW, and which parts of ON > depend on.
FYI: It isn't there yet but should be by the end of the week. -M
