Shawn Walker wrote: > On Nov 30, 2007 11:06 PM, Nam Tuan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> As soon as we have a fix for this and other issues, >>> we'll push >>> updated packages to pkg.opensolaris.org and you'll be >>> able to >>> update your already installed bits. >>> >> Is the fix for this pkgadd available now? If so, I would also like to see >> the ISO replaced immediately with just this one fix alone because it is >> causing so much disappointment and waste of productivity for a lot of >> people. What the use of a system for developers that you could not add >> development tools? >> >> > > 1) Yes, it is available > Could you point me to instruction to get it and install from http://pkg.opensolaris.org ? > 2) That is not true. You can install a tarball image of the studio > tools so you don't need pkgadd to have them > Developers usually need to use or try a lot more tools than just what are available in the studio tools package. > 3) pkgadd is for sys5 (svr4?) old style packages not IPS packages, you > can install new packages right now with "pkg install X" you don't need > pkgadd for that. This means, for example, that you can install gcc > from pkg.opensolaris.org. > Stuffs I really needs are from http://www.blastwave.org/ which are installed through pkgadd There is a piece very essential for working from home, IPSEC (punchctl), is only installable with pkgadd.
I don't understand the justification of not updating the ISO for a single fix. It would just waste time and trust from a lot of people. You cannot ignore pkgadd is still being used everywhere. -Nam _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
