Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris distributions and package managment

2005-08-04 Thread Dave Miner
Joerg Schilling wrote: ... I thought we are still in hope that the SVr4 pkg system will become OpenSource soon. Let me provide an update. We who are responsible for the install and packaging code are just now beginning the diligence research required so that we can release it. The basic

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris distributions and package managment

2005-08-04 Thread Alan Hargreaves - Product Technical Support (APAC)
Dave Miner wrote: Joerg Schilling wrote: ... I thought we are still in hope that the SVr4 pkg system will become OpenSource soon. Let me provide an update. We who are responsible for the install and packaging code are just now beginning the diligence research required so that we can

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris distributions and package managment

2005-08-03 Thread Joerg Schilling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Gyger) wrote: For completeness, there is also IEEE Std 1387.2-1995/ISO/IEC 15068-2:1999. It's used by HP OpenView (e.g. SD-Solaris) and by HP-UX 10 and later. There exist 2000+ packages in this format for HP-UX alone. See e.g. http://hpux.connect.org.uk

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris distributions and package managment

2005-07-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Peter C. Tribble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not so. Solaris Express, and the Community release, are binary distributions based on OpenSolaris. Solaris 10 fails to qualify only as an accident in timing. And Sun provide prebuilt binary archives you can bfu. The next Solaris Express may be