On 11/7/05, Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Dennis Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-11-07 09:38]:
> > On 11/7/05, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > the Subject says it all! :-)
> > >
> > > It would be very helpful if there was at least a binary redistribution
> > > license available for the PKG tools. This does not help the PPC porting
> > > project, but it allows to use Blastwave packages with SchilliX....
> >
> > Even more important, it allows for packages that are built within the
> > framework of the SVR4 spec to be made portable to other distros.
> > While the ISO/IEC 9945-2003 spec provides for a package standard as
> > does the POSIX ( see the Open Group also ) we need an actual
> > implementation that is functional.
> >
> > The pkgadd/pkgtrans/pkgrm tools ( et al ) provide this within Solaris
> > for years and years and people expect them. They also trust them.
>
> I will check on our status; I know that we have been through the
> source files, and closing in on how to get the package tools published
> (i.e. in one delivery or two, with binaries first).
>
> - Stephen
Thank you so very much Stephen. While I feel that it is possible
to develop other implementations of the various standards we know that
users have long since trusted and scripted the tools from this : (
taken from a build 25 server )
bash-3.00# pkginfo -l SUNWpkgcmdsu
PKGINST: SUNWpkgcmdsu
NAME: SVr4 packaging commands (usr)
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: sparc
VERSION: 11.11.1,REV=2005.10.07.01.27
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: Solaris 2.x System V Release IV Packaging Commands (usr)
PSTAMP: install-bldsp-1120051007012730
INSTDATE: Oct 26 2005 03:12
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 37 installed pathnames
8 shared pathnames
2 linked files
8 directories
24 executables
3884 blocks used (approx)
Dennis
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