[csw-users] catalog

[George Wyche]

What name should I give the catalog and where does it go?

find /opt/csw 'cata*'

returns nothing

In the last email I meant to write (url, not usr)
    url=file:///cdrom/20071001bw/
goes into /opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf

Dennis Clarke wrote:
>> I cannot find documentation about how to create a blastwave catalog
>>
>> I don't want to wait for a DVD of the blastwave packages and all, so I
>> made a CD of all the packages already on my Solaris10 here at home. I am
>> intending to take the CD to work and install the same stuff on a Solaris
>> 8 box at my new employment which disallows that Blade100 access to the
>> internet.
>>
>> In the pkg-get config file I put  usr=file:///cdrom/20071001/
>> When I run pkg-get -i wget
>>
>> for instance, it complains that it cannot find a catalog.
>>
>> How do I make a catalog of all these packages?
> 
> It's pretty basic really.  Here is one line from that catalog :
> 
> aalib 1.4.0,REV=2004.10.15_rev=rc5 CSWaalib
> aalib-1.4.0,REV=2004.10.15_rev=rc5-S
> unOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz fc52a1b3e046cc38fdc138c6da0bfabb
> 
> 
> First field is the software package metaname. In this case aalib
> Then you get the version 1.4.0,REV=2004.10.15_rev=rc5
> Then the actual software package name CSWaalib
> Next is the file name :
>     aalib-1.4.0,REV=2004.10.15_rev=rc5-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz
> 
> lastly the md5 sum
> 
> If you are on Solaris 10 you can generate that with digest -v -a md5 filename
> 
> Dennis Clarke
> 
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