[csw-users] pkg-get help

[Dennis Clarke]

> Hello Matthew,
>
> Am 14.11.2006 2:34 Uhr, Matthew Hannigan schrieb:
>
>>> they howto page is fine. what i think we should to is setup an ftp
>>> server so that users can easily get wget-sparc.bin and wget-i386.bin. we
>>> forget that a generic solaris installation doesn't really have a decient
>>> tool set for downloading files other then ftp. while netscape MIGHT be
>>
>> Yes, then you could provide a shell script that would
>> setup ftp to bootstrap blastwave non-interactively.
>
> You are free to provide us such a script. :-)

I have been working on such a thing, off and on for a while.

The trick comes down to simply doing LOTS and LOTS of checking for the
existence of this binary or that binary etc etc.

I'll just take my prototype and post it out such that we can maybe refine
it.  But, at the moment, its really infantile.  So you will have to wait
until next week.

As for anonumous FTP access to the Blastwave binaries, that's real easy.


$ ftp ftp.ibiblio.org
Connected to ibiblio.org.
220 ProFTPD Server (Bring it on...)
Name (ftp.ibiblio.org:dclarke): anonymous
331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password.
Password:
230-
   Welcome to ftp.ibiblio.org, the public ftp server of ibiblio.org.  We
   hope you find what you're looking for.

   If you have any problems or questions, please send email to

   ftpkeeper at ibiblio.org

   Thanks!

230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.


so we can easily create a script that will go get the wget binary.

Dennis