[csw-maintainers] ARCH=all packages

[James Lee]

On 11/11/08, 15:05:59, Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> wrote regarding
[csw-maintainers] ARCH=all packages:

> I suggested that he either remove the binaries and use pure perl,
> (either with a full wget replacement, or to use it to download
>  "the appropriate binary")
> or split it up into two separate packages, with appropriate ARCH settings
> for the binary he includes in each one.

> He refuses to take either path, or offer a third one.

Third way:

The pkgutil package in the CSW collection has no wget and depends on
CSWwget and CSWperl (plus anything else needed).  It can be installed
using pkg-get and update itself.

How does a novice user install this using only 17 key strokes?  He/she
doesn't.  For this provide a first time install only package that
contains both wget binaries and maybe hobbled options so it runs in a
basic Solaris 8 environment.  The first time it runs it will install
its depends (wget, perl) and update itself to the latest and greatest
all-arch standards-friendly slim-line pkgutil.

A "How to Begin" text can the have easier instructions and use a web
download with simplified naming and a fixed URL - no version needed in
file name.




James.