[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-08-03 Thread Magnus Forsberg
Hi swalker, It should be possible to combine OpenPKG with apt-get (apt4rpm) as well. Are you using apt4rpm with Solaris 10 and OpenPKG? Having some trouble getting it compiled. Are there any other alternatives? This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-21 Thread UNIX admin
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Glenn Lagasse wrote: The big difference though is that the cost of entry for customization / maintaining current status is a lot lower on Linux, just because you get the source packages. There's a lot less effort in, say, changing your distro's mysql-4.0.src.rpm to

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-21 Thread UNIX admin
I'm a tech writer at Sun. I'm going to review this information and get back to you about adding this procedure to the docs.sun.com documentation. I'd be interested in any feedback and suggestions you could provide on improving the article. This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-21 Thread UNIX admin
I don't see anything in rpm that could not be handled via the pre and postinstall scripts that are part of a SVR4 package. Or a Makefile processed by `make` in a pre/postinstall phase of package installation. Which is what you're basically saying, correct? This message posted from

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-20 Thread Darren J Moffat
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 13:45, Jasse Jansson wrote: On Jul 20, 2005, at 10:26 PM, UNIX admin wrote: 1. you patch the source code if necessary Is there a 'recommended' format for patches in the Solaris environment? patches to what ? If you are talking about Solaris the binary product then

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-20 Thread Jasse Jansson
On Jul 20, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Darren J Moffat wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 13:45, Jasse Jansson wrote: On Jul 20, 2005, at 10:26 PM, UNIX admin wrote: 1. you patch the source code if necessary Is there a 'recommended' format for patches in the Solaris environment? patches to

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-20 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Jasse Jansson wrote: and to apply the patch: patch -i patch_file file_to_be_patched or is there some other tricks that I should be aware of? I usually use gpatch (included in Solaris) instead of patch, because patch follows some obscure standard that breaks in subtle ways on some

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-20 Thread Sunil
Thats what the SUNWmysqlS package is for, it is is there a rationale behind such names? I mean why not 'mysql', which is a nice name given by the writer of the source of pkg? what is this company ticker concept useful for? This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-20 Thread Bart Smaalders
Sunil wrote: Thats what the SUNWmysqlS package is for, it is is there a rationale behind such names? I mean why not 'mysql', which is a nice name given by the writer of the source of pkg? what is this company ticker concept useful for? They key thing is not to get two packages w/ the same

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-20 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 20:19, Sunil wrote: Thats what the SUNWmysqlS package is for, it is is there a rationale behind such names? I mean why not 'mysql', which is a nice name given by the writer of the source of pkg? what is this company ticker concept useful for? there is no central

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Are you ready for VPN on the OS? vpnc and patch for OS people.

2005-07-20 Thread Shawn Walker
On 7/20/05, Bart Smaalders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They key thing is not to get two packages w/ the same name... and using the ticker symbol of the originating company helps prevent that. It's just a way of partitioning the name space that lines up well w/ organizational boundaries... Is