On 02/24/10 04:58 AM, Onno Molenkamp wrote: ... > By not allowing users to configure their own name for publishers, FRMI's > will also be the same for everywhere: a package like x11/library/mesa > will now always have the FRMI pkg://opensolaris.org/x11/library/mesa at ... > instead of sometimes being called > pkg://opensolaris-dev/x11/library/mesa at ..., etc.
Sort of. The intention here is to establish an identity for a software source. A publisher is just the identity of a person, group, or organisation that provides software. A package repository is just a place package data is stored. However, by removing the choice from the user, we can ensure that there is a consistent identity. In the near future, the client will allow you to provide your own local alias that you can use in place of the publisher's official identity. > You don't have to specify a name anymore while adding a publisher btw, > so this is enough now, and will never fail because of a mismatch: > > pkg set-publisher -g http://solaris.bionicmutton.org:10001 Actually, it's "-p", not "-g". Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
