> From: Rodney <rodneyh at bigpond.net.au> > To: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > Changing the topic slightly I also setup netbsd's pkgsrc and given it a go - similar story. Only a handle will build, many key dependencies won't build. Many of those available in the bulk build at http://public.enst.fr/pkgsrc/packages/SunOS-5.10/i386/pkgsrc-essentiel-2007Q4n0/ I have been unable to build with a recent cvs on pkgsrc (either with Sun studio express or gcc). It must come down to differences between the solaris10/indiana/Opensol 2008.05 versions. A shame as pkgsrc is officially supported for solaris - would be great to see it supported for Opensolaris, especially as complied pkgsrc packages can be turned into SVR4 packages.
FYI: Some pkgsrc packages was compiled in natif mode on OpenSolaris with a mix of Studio12 and gcc. For the bootstrap: http://public.enst.fr/pkgsrc/packages/bootstrap-pkgsrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc-SunOS-5. 11-i386-20080328.tar For few packages: http://public.enst.fr/pkgsrc/packages/SunOS-5.11/i386/pkgsrc-essentiel-2007Q4n1/ That's a first try, for about 420 packages. Based on 2007Q4. That's a hard and long work. Because of: - S11 change. Xorg, gnome, is almost well integrated in S11. pkgsrc don't take care of thoses changes and I write some builtin.mk, x11-links, Mesa,... - S11 use different tool . Example: libintl msgfmt etc... That's a nightmare for some packages. - problem with libtool if you choose SunStudio. Some packages want only gcc. - etc... A+ Gilles
