[osol-discuss] Packaging Systems was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-05 Thread Shawn Walker
C. wrote: 5) "a secure package manager without any arbitrary post/pre-install scripts" Ok.. so wait a second.. Let's first of all define "secure" because last I checked the IPS authorities aren't signed.. Are they? You're only They are not currently, but this is definitely planned function

Re: [osol-discuss] Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-05 Thread Shawn Walker
Moinak Ghosh wrote: On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Lurie wrote: ... The user side experience of IPS is no doubt very good but is no different from a good Linux package manager like Smart/Yum (with the exception of ZFS features). From a developer point of view these qualities could ha

Re: [osol-discuss] Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-05 Thread Shawn Walker
Martin Bochnig wrote: many other benefits. And you don't need to employ 50 engineers for 2 years to get a written-from-scratch monster like IPS going. I'm not sure where you got this number from, but I think it's about 10x greater than the reality :-) I'm sure the pkg(5) team would love to h

Re: [osol-discuss] Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-05 Thread Shawn Walker
casper@sun.com wrote: DTrace ZFS SMF FMA BootAr IPS IA-Install Incompatible? N N N N N Y Y I think the many people screaming about quota support when it debuted a few years ago, among many other decisions would beg to

Re: [osol-discuss] Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Alexander Vlasov wrote: Lurie wrote: Yes.. writing an entire package manager from the ground up is *less* work than maintaining the patches. This is called "moving forward", IPS is based on new novel ideas, a secure package manager without any arbitrary post/pre-install scripts, That's why

[osol-discuss] Packaging was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Moinak Ghosh wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: Alexander Vlasov wrote: Lurie wrote: That's why lots of packages deliver their own SMF service which runs only once. ...which is better because those SMF scripts: * can run at "boot", which fits corre

[osol-discuss] pkg(5) was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Moinak Ghosh wrote: On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Lurie wrote: So modern Linux package managers do not have any of these qualities ? Some of them ? Of course. All of them ? No. Just a few points: 1. They usually upgrade a live system (and while it's possible for some to do a non-live upgra

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Moinak Ghosh wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: Moinak Ghosh wrote: Which means those packages will require system reboot not unlike Windoze! First, how else can you ensure the scripts correctly run without having the new environment loaded? (i.e. account for

Re: [osol-discuss] uname -a ... 32bit vs 64bit

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Edward Ned Harvey wrote: When I run "uname -a" it says: SunOS hostname 5.10 Generic_137138-09 i86pc i386 i86pc In the past, I've seen the system say "x86_64" when you're 64bit. And I've also seen it say "32bit" when you're 32bit. But now it says nothing, so I'm left confused. How can I kn

[osol-discuss] pkg(5) Search was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Alexander Vlasov wrote: That's really strange. Have you read /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README? currently pkg has very rudimentary search ability, like you can't ask `which packages were installed only to satifsy other packages' dependencies', `show me all games' or `which packages has arrived in

Re: [osol-discuss] Packaging was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Sebastien Roy wrote: I was under the impression that an IPS package manifest contained the set of services to be automatically imported and started as part of package installation, or temporarily disabled during package upgrade, etc. Where does one get the idea that a reboot is required for a pa

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg(5) was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Moinak Ghosh wrote: end ?. Do the benefits really outweigh the costs ? Even today the codebase is significantly large and complex. We simply have to agree to disagree here. Some things you'll never know unless you try; that's the cost of innovation. We will indeed have to agree to disagr

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg(5) was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-06 Thread Shawn Walker
Ignacio Marambio Catán wrote: beadm is not hard to use even outside pkg(5), i've used it in the past to for example have an alternate BE that is xen able I never said it was hard to use, but obviously having a single command to upgrade your entire system instead of a sequence of them is "less

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg(5) Search was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-07 Thread Shawn Walker
ry" is relative. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] network autocomfiguration daemon question

2009-04-09 Thread Shawn Walker
For example, i have an ip of 0.0.0.0 without a cable plugged in, I plug an Ethernet cable and it remains at 0.0.0.0. I've tried switching between auto and wired networks without success. I know how to configure things manually, but I would prefer to do it automatically.

Re: [osol-discuss] network autocomfiguration daemon question

2009-04-09 Thread Shawn Walker
ss. I know how to configure things manually, but I would prefer to do it automatically. -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating snv_98

2009-04-12 Thread Shawn Walker
the pkg image_update from snv_86 to snv_92, the zpool won't boot up? The issue you speak of was a result of changes in the underlying boot management libraries / grub and not of the pkg system. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss

Re: [osol-discuss] Duplicative "Documents" Entries in Nautilus

2009-04-13 Thread Shawn Walker
curate nor constructive. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Duplicative "Documents" Entries in Nautilus

2009-04-14 Thread Shawn Walker
. Quite frankly, your condescending tone and various, continued wild assumptions whenever something doesn't work the way you want are unhelpful. I would encourage you to find better usage of your time. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss ma

Re: [osol-discuss] Duplicative "Documents" Entries in Nautilus

2009-04-14 Thread Shawn Walker
form the work necessary to maintain them, and you are often rude and inconsiderate in your responses. What you choose to do from here is up to you. I prefer to use the best technology available. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss maili

Re: [osol-discuss] Apps of Steel Challenge!

2009-04-15 Thread Shawn Walker
g them. I'd like to see something zfs-centred myself... Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] compile pidgin - "configure" successfully, "make" with no luck

2009-04-17 Thread Shawn Walker
NWgnome-im-client Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Packaging was Re: Possible IBM aquisition of Sun

2009-04-17 Thread Shawn Walker
encies (packages that depend upon a specific package; already filed as RFE 2713) Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] migrando a opensolaris 2008.11

2009-04-17 Thread Shawn Walker
. (realmente un anticuario). Mi idea es utilizarla, como "conejillo de indias" e instalarle el Open Solaris, para cuando compre otra más moderna. ¿Se podrá hacer la instalación? Su computadora no tiene bastante memoria. La computadora necesita por lo menos el mb 512. Apesadumbrado.

Re: [osol-discuss] migrando a opensolaris 2008.11

2009-04-17 Thread Shawn Walker
, instale VirtualBox, y después instale OpenSolaris dentro de él: http://www.virtualbox.org/ Lea más sobre OpenSolaris aquí: http://es.opensolaris.org/ -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] migrando a opensolaris 2008.11

2009-04-18 Thread Shawn Walker
virtuales que había instalado, con sus respectivos errores. ¿Cómo se podrá corregir esto? http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=87892&tstart=0 -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
...@7.2.84-0.111 Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
ge repositories instead of your local system by default. To search your local system, use -l. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
lease you're using (based on build 101) doesn't have SUNWgvim. To change to using the /dev repository, performing the following steps: pfexec pkg set-authority -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev opensolaris.org Then perform an image-update: pfexec pkg im

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
ates using OpenSolaris technologies such as DTrace, ZFS, and more. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
ne can help me doing this? Thanks. If you don't need Sun Studio 12 *specifically*, you can install Sun Studio Express instead, which is far easier and should be just as good: pfexec pkg install ss-dev Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss ma

Re: [osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
work (untested): grep Package ~/Sun_Studio_12_software_install.log | sed -e 's/.*Package: //' | sort | uniq > /tmp/sspkg.txt for PKG in `cat /tmp/sspkg.txt`; do yes | pkgrm $PKG; done Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailin

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-21 Thread Shawn Walker
ever, as you've pointed out, you've been using a development version of a product; not a fully-tested, fully-qa'd, and fully-documented product. I would encourage you to continue to test and document issues you encounter for the benefit of others a

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg fix cannot fix pkg:/SUNWcsl

2009-04-22 Thread Shawn Walker
led as a new bug, or simply added as a comment to one of the above. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] Build 111a: /kernel/genunix missing on a 64 bit system

2009-04-24 Thread Shawn Walker
milar to a bug David filed last night: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=8409 reading through that page, I see no mention whether this happens with 'image-update' too - I'd assume not, but would appreciate confirmation. It should not. At least, I've never

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about (Open)Solaris VM - why is swap required?

2009-04-25 Thread Shawn Walker
processes including new sshd, vmstat, top and bash). This may also be helpful: http://blogs.sun.com/jimlaurent/entry/solaris_faq_myths_and_facts Remember too that if a process is 32-bit, it will be limited to about 3.996 GB of addressable space. Cheers, -- Sh

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about (Open)Solaris VM - why is swap required?

2009-04-28 Thread Shawn Walker
r at least related to the ARC... -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] problem with "pkg uninstall"

2009-04-29 Thread Shawn Walker
d. So, it doesn't contain any software -- it is just a way to trigger the install of another package. As such, the behaviour you are seeing is expected. If you want to get rid of glassfish (for the moment), you'll need to: pfexec pkg uninst

Re: [osol-discuss] Userability request to make the system more user friendly

2009-05-03 Thread Shawn Walker
r, free software systems is "repository." Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] newbie: strange prob on initial use of blastwave.org

2009-05-03 Thread Shawn Walker
es must be provided by other blastwave packages. Many of the blastwave programs simply don't work if you attempt to use the libraries on the system instead. -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] newbie: strange prob on initial use of blastwave.org

2009-05-04 Thread Shawn Walker
Martin Bochnig wrote: On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Shawn Walker wrote: blastwave's packages are built with the assumption that libaries live relative to the rest of the programs (such as under /opt/csw), are compiled with different flags, and generally assume dependencies must be pro

Re: [osol-discuss] newbie: strange prob on initial use of blastwave.org

2009-05-04 Thread Shawn Walker
Joerg Schilling wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: My point was that a dependency algorithm was not the cause of the issue with the blastwave packages. It is primarily an issue of how they are built. There is no "issue" with Blastwave packages. These packages just make use from

Re: [osol-discuss] about installing the packages from Repository

2009-05-05 Thread Shawn Walker
debian, openSUSE or RH/CentOS does it: "offline repositories"! Sorry, this is not yet available. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] About open solaris 2009.06 release

2009-05-05 Thread Shawn Walker
homerun wrote: Hi Coming 2009.06 release is planned to be based on what SNV build ?? Build 111. I just wish it will be at least SNV 113 or 114 as those include driver support for newer nvidia chipsets sata,ahci,nge, etc... Sorry, the build has already been set. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker

Re: [osol-discuss] How to add driver during Live CD booting?

2009-05-06 Thread Shawn Walker
russell aspinwall wrote: Can OpenSolaris 2009.06 have the functionality to add drivers during the initial stages of OpenSolaris booting like Solaris and SXCE? Sorry, this functionality is not yet available. -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss

Re: [osol-discuss] About open solaris 2009.06 release

2009-05-06 Thread Shawn Walker
russell aspinwall wrote: Can OpenSolaris 2009.06 be configured to allow driver installation during the early boot process like Solaris and SXDE? Sorry, this functionality is not yet available. -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] downloading SPARC packages

2009-05-13 Thread Shawn Walker
URI opensolaris.org (preferred) origin online http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ What do you mean by "x86 packages" ? If you're running a build before 106, sunstudioexpress wasn't published with the correct tags and will install a

Re: [osol-discuss] downloading SPARC packages

2009-05-13 Thread Shawn Walker
packages, this is on build 111a. -Lee Shawn Walker wrote: Lee Bieber wrote: I'm trying install packages on an OpenSolaris SPARC machine which is running build 111a. When I run "pfexec pkg install ss-dev" I'm getting x86 packages instead of SPARC. $ pkg publisher PU

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg commands failing

2009-05-13 Thread Shawn Walker
contrib Cheers. -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg commands failing

2009-05-13 Thread Shawn Walker
ot;, line 537, in recv if not s[1].isspace(): IndexError: string index out of range By the way, this particular issue was fixed after 2008.11, when you upgrade to 2009.06, you should no longer encounter this traceback. See bug 5988 for details. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg commands failing

2009-05-13 Thread Shawn Walker
e manager GUI. Is this a known problem, or is there something I can check to find the problem if i have one? I have already run a pkg search pkg, and then a pkg fix . That doesn't correct the problem. Maybe I should open a bug? Please let me know, and thanks. -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [pkg-discuss] downloading SPARC packages

2009-05-13 Thread Shawn Walker
don't have many OpenSolaris 200x SPARC users yet. This issue is being tracked as: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=8904 However, I still need to know what the output of "pkg version" is for them. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ op

Re: [osol-discuss] downloading SPARC packages

2009-05-14 Thread Shawn Walker
j6dev SUNWflexlex SUNWcvs SUNWj6dmx Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg commands failing

2009-05-15 Thread Shawn Walker
the help! When you say, "complains it doesn't have an image to update." Can you provide the exact error text? If you are using the /release repository, you won't have any updates very likely. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensol

Re: [osol-discuss] pkg commands failing

2009-05-15 Thread Shawn Walker
erform the update: pfexec pkg image-update Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] B111a packages?

2009-05-20 Thread Shawn Walker
appear in the GUI but they do. The easiest way to install "all" available packages is to select the "redistributable" package and install that. Or: pfexec pkg install redistributable Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mail

Re: [osol-discuss] question and weirdness with deleting files on opensolaris

2009-05-21 Thread Shawn Walker
. I believe it is not usable because I ran out of space trying to do a pkg image-update. Has anyone seen this behavior before? What does zfs list say? Do you have previous snapshots that are depending on this data? Are any of the files you removed hardlinked somewhere else? Cheers, -- Shawn

Re: [osol-discuss] Installing subversion - via sunfreeware vs blastwave vs whatever

2009-05-21 Thread Shawn Walker
about ... Is it expected to be on the installation media? Or there's some "sun.com" package repository somewhere for use with pkgadd or something? It appears to only be available in Solaris Express Community Releases. I've checked the most recent Solaris 10 re

Re: [osol-discuss] question and weirdness with deleting files on opensolaris

2009-05-21 Thread Shawn Walker
contain data different from their source. But, as long as they contain blocks referencing data you've removed in later snapshots, that space will continue to be "used". Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list open

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris 2009.06 Quick instructions for SXCE migrants like myself

2009-05-21 Thread Shawn Walker
eps: pfexec pkg set-publisher -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev opensolaris.org pfexec pkg install redistributable Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris 2009.06 Quick instructions for SXCE migrants like myself

2009-05-21 Thread Shawn Walker
Martin Bochnig wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Shawn Walker wrote: Martin Bochnig wrote: #4.) pfexec pkg set-publisher -P -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev dev #5.) pfexec pkg unset-publisher opensolaris.org #6.) pfexec pkg refresh #7.) pfexec pkg install entire #8

Re: [osol-discuss] Any OpenSolaris hoster to recommend ?

2009-05-22 Thread Shawn Walker
adequate for 24h/7 hosting IMHO I googled during about one hour ... found many linux and windows hosting offers but nothing on OpenSolaris Any recommendation ? www.joyent.com Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolar

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris "one .iso to rule them all"

2009-05-22 Thread Shawn Walker
care has been taken to keep it that way. -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] No updates?

2009-05-27 Thread Shawn Walker
David Abrahams wrote: on Fri May 22 2009, Shawn Walker wrote: pfexec pkg image-update osol n00b here --- I just did a fresh 0906 install and followed these instructions: pfexec pkg set-publisher -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev opensolaris.org pfexec pkg image-update and to my

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] No updates?

2009-05-27 Thread Shawn Walker
David Abrahams wrote: on Wed May 27 2009, Shawn Walker wrote: David Abrahams wrote: on Fri May 22 2009, Shawn Walker wrote: pfexec pkg image-update osol n00b here --- I just did a fresh 0906 install and followed these instructions: pfexec pkg set-publisher -O http

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] No updates?

2009-05-27 Thread Shawn Walker
in preparation for being pushed to /release when 2009.06 is finally shipped. So until that happens, there won't be any later builds pushed to /dev. No, the public pkg.opensolaris.org/dev repository has not been updated since 111a :) 111b was never published there (intentiona

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] No updates?

2009-05-27 Thread Shawn Walker
Martin Bochnig wrote: No, the public pkg.opensolaris.org/dev repository has not been updated since 111a :) 111b was never published there (intentionally). We know. But why? Because 2009.06 is scheduled to be released during C1. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker

Re: [osol-discuss] solaris registration and ethernet driver Acrer Aspire One

2009-05-27 Thread Shawn Walker
as you have internet access, you should be able to install packages. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Transcript from OpenSolaris Livechat on Slashdot...

2009-05-29 Thread Shawn Walker
Jürgen Keil wrote: b111a neither includes the pci10de,45c nor pci10de,450 binding in /etc/driver_aliases. Nor does 111b. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] sata CD drives

2009-05-29 Thread Shawn Walker
SATA DVD drive myself. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] when will 2009.06 be available for download?

2009-05-29 Thread Shawn Walker
David Runyon wrote: I still see 2008.11 at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/ Hi, it is scheduled for release at CommunityOne next week. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] update manager

2009-05-31 Thread Shawn Walker
like to have audio so am trying to update. Hi, you can expect a download of about 440MB going from 2008.11 (rc2) -> 2009.06 (111b). Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] rollback application

2009-05-31 Thread Shawn Walker
http://defect.opensolaris.org if they haven't been already for ekiga. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2009.06 missing SXCE b114 desktop applications

2009-06-02 Thread Shawn Walker
e package names reflected the actual contents. ...and they will later this year. The currently proposed name for this particular package is 'image/gimp' [1]. -- Shawn Walker [1] http://cr.opensolaris.org/~richb/package_rename-v4/packages_by_old_name.txt __

Re: [osol-discuss] rollback application

2009-06-02 Thread Shawn Walker
Ekiga. Your only option will be to go back to the older release. In the meantime, please file bugs at http://defect.opensolaris.org if they haven't been already for ekiga. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker -- Shawn Walker ___ ope

Re: [osol-discuss] can't set default boot environment

2009-06-03 Thread Shawn Walker
7:22 ne...@filez:/# beadm activate opensolaris-3 Unable to activate opensolaris-3. Unknown external error. What's this about then? :) You may wish to try again but doing this: BE_PRINT_ERR=true beadm activate opensolaris-3 That should produce some possibly useful information. Cheers,

Re: [osol-discuss] Cleaning up /var/pkg/pkg directory?

2009-06-06 Thread Shawn Walker
: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=8035 But note that due to zfs behaviour, it would have to be cleaned up in all of your older boot environment as well to see a real space savings. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing

Re: [osol-discuss] Cleaning up /var/pkg/pkg directory?

2009-06-06 Thread Shawn Walker
/share. In this particular case, the data under /var/pkg is part of the system state, so it is desirable that is part of '/'. It is not information that is really meant to be necessarily be shared between boot environments. Cheers, -- Sh

Re: [osol-discuss] install package using spec file

2009-06-06 Thread Shawn Walker
orters-discuss. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Security updates

2009-06-08 Thread Shawn Walker
ll be your best option to stay on a stable, fixed software release stream that primarily consists of security fixes and necessary updates. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Security updates

2009-06-08 Thread Shawn Walker
Guido Berhoerster wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: In the near future, the 'support' repository will be your best option to stay on a stable, fixed software release stream that primarily consists of security fixes and necessary updates. Does that mean that plans to provide the /release b

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-help] osol-0906-ai-sparc.iso not bootable?

2009-06-08 Thread Shawn Walker
non-sun DHCP servers... The primary issue with a bootable SPARC Live CD is the non-existent graphics support on SPARC. That in turn is because a text-only installer isn't available yet. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mail

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-help] osol-0906-ai-sparc.iso not bootable?

2009-06-08 Thread Shawn Walker
Shawn Walker wrote: Jenny wrote: Is it asking too much to distribute a bootable image as well? By offering only AI, we have to practically dump a lot of working Solaris machines that do not have OBP level (> 4.17) update. Also the dhcp set up is pain in axx as well especially in an enterpr

Re: [osol-discuss] Newbie needs help please.

2009-06-10 Thread Shawn Walker
t for this. I guess, the best thing you can do is copy the drivers onto a USB stick under windows and then use the USB stick to get the software into Solaris... For read-only NTFS access, I use this: http://mount-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ -- Shawn W

Re: [osol-discuss] Regarding GCC

2009-06-10 Thread Shawn Walker
est way to get a working gcc compiler and all of the header files, etc. you need to compile software. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Regarding GCC

2009-06-10 Thread Shawn Walker
russell aspinwall wrote: You can download the Sun Studio 12 C, C++ and Fortran compiler from here http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/index.jsp If you are using OpenSolaris 2009.06, the right way to install it is by doing this: pfexec pkg install ss-dev Cheers, -- Shawn Walker

Re: [osol-discuss] Regarding GCC

2009-06-10 Thread Shawn Walker
dio Express 2009.03 on 111b systems (OpenSolaris 2009.06 systems). Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Regarding GCC

2009-06-11 Thread Shawn Walker
c-432 doesn't give you any of those things. Thankfully, there's also a gcc-dev-4 package now if you want all of the above plus gcc-4.3.2. Be aware though that the gcc 4.x series can generate problematic code for some projects (such as ON). So you mig

Re: [osol-discuss] Regarding GCC

2009-06-11 Thread Shawn Walker
ially FOSS, they'll have better luck with the newer compilers due to enhanced gcc compatibility and other fixes. That's why I don't see a reason to use Studio 12, and would strongly recommend the express version instead to any users wanting to compile software on 2009.06.

Re: [osol-discuss] Regarding GCC

2009-06-11 Thread Shawn Walker
the consolidation builds, you would want Studio 12 (with the specified Nevada CBE patch list) instead of Studio Express. That patch aspect is rather problematic for 2009.06 users as patchadd isn't available for 2009.06. I've always ended up using the tarball version instead. Cheers

Re: [osol-discuss] GCC 4.4: Can we handle it?!?

2009-06-11 Thread Shawn Walker
;you're on your own" feel. As far as I know, that's more of a naming convention issue than anything. The "SUNW" prefix will be dropped from all packages for future OpenSolaris releases. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolar

Re: [osol-discuss] GCC 4.4: Can we handle it?!?

2009-06-11 Thread Shawn Walker
Glenn Lagasse wrote: * Shawn Walker (swal...@opensolaris.org) wrote: Jim Langston wrote: This is where my confusion rests - SUNWgcc is still 3.4.3, it is through the development package that 4.3.3 gets loaded, are they both supported ? I'm confused because SUNWgcc seems distinctly direct

Re: [osol-discuss] GCC 4.4: Can we handle it?!?

2009-06-11 Thread Shawn Walker
ce 1993 or 1994... Regardless, as long as Sun Studio remains closed, it is important that the OpenSolaris community provide a viable, up-to-date, open source option as much as possible. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list open

Re: [osol-discuss] why only 8 characters in the username on opensolaris.org?

2009-06-12 Thread Shawn Walker
helpful: http://markmail.org/message/52s4jy5jtruuzv2j In short, its a technical limitation of the tools and OS being used to administrate the website. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2009.06 missing SXCE b114 desktop applications

2009-06-16 Thread Shawn Walker
ago. Such application must be up-to-date, AFAIK.. GIMP 2.4 was part of GNOME 2.24, which is what was shipped. GNOME 2.26 didn't make it in time for this release. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-di

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2009.06 missing SXCE b114 desktop applicati

2009-06-16 Thread Shawn Walker
s, GIMP is packaged as part of the JDS consolidation, so from what I understand, its updates are limited by updates to GNOME. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2009.06 missing SXCE b114 desktop applicati

2009-06-16 Thread Shawn Walker
On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: Regardless, GIMP is packaged as part of the JDS consolidation, so from what I understand, its updates are limited by updates to GNOME. I believe in this case, it's updates were limited by having to wait for

Re: [osol-discuss] Is `bacula' available in a pkg repository somewhere

2009-06-17 Thread Shawn Walker
t a package for it, especially if bacula is the name of the executable. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Is `bacula' available in a pkg repository somewhere

2009-06-17 Thread Shawn Walker
On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Shawn Walker writes: On Jun 17, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Anyone know if the backup tool bacula is available to `pkg install' from one of the repositories? Not as far as I know. You can always find out by doing this:

Re: [osol-discuss] How do I obtain an X11 development environment

2009-06-17 Thread Shawn Walker
rch Xlib.h INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE ... basenamefileusr/X11/include/X11/Xlib.h pkg:/sunwxw...@0.5.11-0.111 ... Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolar

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