[csw-maintainers] ARCH=all packages

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Wed Nov 12 12:54:25 CET 2008


Hi James,

Am 12.11.2008 um 10:54 schrieb James Lee:
> 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.

Good solution. That way the repository stays clean and
Peter makes his users happy :-)


Best regards

   -- Dago



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