Keith M Wesolowski wrote:
Q: How can I get additional sw to my opensolaris
A: PKGv4 format vs. rpm/deb/tar.gz, nonexistence of repositories,
blastwave, sunfreeware, relation to solaris express
The answer to this question varies by distribution (not all
necessarily use SVR4 packaging; they may have their own format and
even their own package repositories). We've tried (and need to do
even more) to avoid conflating OpenSolaris and Solaris Express. But
this is still an interesting question, and I'd be curious to read what
you believe the complete answer might be.
The first problem here is that opensolaris is not solaris express, but
if you want to start experimenting with opensolaris, you have to go for
solaris express (for serious work).
Q: What are binary patches, and why they are here:
A: History; to fix broken package management; live with that for now.
There are no binary patches for OpenSolaris (vendors may choose to
supply these for their own distributions, using distribution-specific
formats and distribution mechanisms). This is a pure Solaris
question, which we've tried to avoid.
I understand, nevertheless, see above...
HTH,
Martin
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