> Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> First questions first Anybody want to recommend a location to download >> precompiled packages in general? Is there a different answer for >> solaris versus opensolaris? (I have some systems running solaris, and >> others running opensolaris). I checked the subversion page and they >> point me to sunfreeware. >> >> >> >> Im trying to install svn, and finding it a PITA. In my most recent >> attempt, I installed all sorts of improperly compiled or linked packages >> from sunfreeware, with incorrect version dependency information. Then I >> saw somebodys comment about how blastwave is better than sunfreeware >> specifically because things end up built correctly. Then I saw that >> blastwave only has svn 1.4.5 available, which is shameful. I require a >> minimum 1.5. > > So this won't be immediately helpful, but I hope it won't be too > significant a delay: > > Subversion is actually part of Solaris. It's available in both Solaris > and OpenSolaris. > > For Solaris (Nevada), it's in metacluster "SUNWCprog" and higher, so if > you chose "Developer System Support," "Entire Distribution," or "Entire > Distribution plus OEM support" when you installed, then you should > already have it. > > For OpenSolaris, the packages are SUNWsvn, SUNWsvn-perl, SUNWsvn-python, > and SUNWsvn-java. Probably easiest to get them via the redistributable > incorporation. > > The catch: it's still at 1.4.3, which doesn't meet your needs. I > forwarded your e-mail to the engineer that I *think* maintains it, and > hopefully he'll reply to either you or the list. > > --Mark
See? Everyone is trying to help this user and people say the OpenSolaris community isn't warm and supportive. Geez .. what do they know. :-) We will focus on the legacy revs and you handle the newer revs and life is good. Dennis _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
