You can also check out the script I put together some time ago. It was still working last time I checked which was about a month ago.
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=69493&tstart=0 Regards, Andrzej Stephen Hahn wrote: > * Jonathan Edwards <[email protected]> [2009-01-13 22:25]: >> On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:28 AM, Dave Miner wrote: >> >>>> so my actual question is, where can i pull packages so i can import >>>> them into the repository using "pkgsend send SUNW..."? >>>> >>> See http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg/Mirroring/. If you're >>> looking to mirror only the /release repository, you may need >>> assistance >>> from the IPS team. Building a repository by importing the original >>> SVR4 >>> packages is a complex process which isn't well-documented, and not all >>> of the content is easy to collect - you'd have to build some things >>> from >>> source at present. >> ok .. moving to pkg-discuss and attempting to help distill the >> question a bit more .. here's a common scenario i'm encountering: >> >> (1) Customer installs an opensolaris image from a CD or USB stick in a >> secure data center (only local network access is available.) >> (2) Customer would like some packages from the release repository, but >> opening network access for the server in question involves complicated >> network change processes and acts of God. >> >> Question: >> - What would be the best/fastest method to get package updates and >> other packages from the release repository to this server with limited >> network access assuming that another server (not necessarily >> opensolaris) could be swung or proxied to connect to the release >> repository? > > If you can run an HTTP proxy, you're done--pkg(1) obeys the http_proxy > environment variable convention. If pkg(1) or packagemanager fails in > this mode, it's a bug (but make sure your proxy is working properly > first...). The current protocol uses GET and POST, so it's not > in any way exceptional in terms of proxy configuration. > > If an HTTP proxy is not available, you need to wait for the next > media product, which is a single-build snapshot of a repository as a > collection of DVD images. We haven't started building these > automatically yet, but it's on the list of things to do. You can then > run a depot inside the organization's private network, after copying > the DVDs' contents to a filesystem. > > - Stephen > _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
