[osol-discuss] Quick Question. pkginfo -q equivalent in IPS

Do we have a pkginfo -q equivalent in IPS. I want to just check if a package is installed without all the details -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] *.deb equivalent in IPS

AFAIK IPS packages can only be directly installed from a remote server. Is there any way i can download a package and install it later on my box . If not, is there any RFE for the same? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

[osol-discuss] finding sufficient privilege using ppriv

I am writing an installer script for opensolaris. It changes preferred authority, enable/disable pkg service on my localhost, pushes the application package to my depot server and eventually install the package from depot server. However i first need to check if user running my script has

[osol-discuss] Users role and pfexec

I am writing a script that allows any user(with appropriate permissions) to install packages and start/stop some services on opensolaris. As far as i know only Primary Administrator has the priviledge to perform these task. Is my understanding correct or any other role allows similar

[osol-discuss] search for a package in existing list pf publisher

Hi, If i want to know that a package, say SUNWxyz, is present in existing list of publishers or not, whats the correct command to do so. pkg info -r SUNWxyz or pkg search -r SUNWxyz ?? Also how do i search for the same package in a particular publisher only? -- This message posted from

Re: [osol-discuss] search for a package in existing list pf publisher

r...@opensolaris:~$ pkg list -a SUNWzlib NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION STATE UFIX SUNWzlib 1.2.3-0.111 installed from the output it seems pkg list will show whether a package is installed on my box or not. What

[osol-discuss] different error messages associated with pkg refresh

I am writing a script which first sets a depot server, start the pkg service in that server. Now i am banking on the output of pkg refresh to know whether the pkg service has been successfully started or not. First i tried the return code of pkg refresh command. It did not help since ¨pkg

[osol-discuss] Opensolaris on Sparc

I am not sure if this is the right forum to discuss this. I want ot know if opensolaris is already supported on sparc? If not, is their any planned release for supporting opensolaris on sparc -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

[osol-discuss] Equivalent of showrev command in opensolaris

showrev has been deprecated in opensolaris. what is the equivalent of this command in opensolaris. How do we find all patch and package related info in opensolaris? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

[osol-discuss] difference between pkginfo pkg info

Hi All, Can someone tel me the difference between pkginfo pkg info command. Is pkg info a replacement for pkginfo in opensolaris. What is more confuding is the output of these command. They show different version numbers for same packages -bash-3.2# pkginfo -l SUNWzlib PKGINST: SUNWzlib

Re: [osol-discuss] difference between pkginfo pkg info

i understand that the packaging system is different and they have their own way of installing packages. What i cannot understand is why they are showing different versions for the same application. pkg info shows the version SUNWzlib as 1.2.3 pkginfo -l shows the version of same application on