Re: [Pkgutil-users] install packages from Sun dvd

[Robert G. <rob...@gm...>]

Hey Peter,

I tried the build_sun_catalog in pkgutilplus. Good stuff!

One minor glitch: if I look at the SUNWless package after installing
it by pkgutil:

/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -x SUNWcar -x SUNWcakr -x SUNWkvm -i SUNWless

...

the package information looks like this:

bash-3.00# pkginfo -l SUNWless
  PKGINST:  SUNWless
     NAME:  sunw_less - The GNU pager (less) 381
 CATEGORY:  system
     ARCH:  sparc
  VERSION:  11.10.0,REV=2005.01.08.05.16
  BASEDIR:  /
   VENDOR:  Sun Microsystems, Inc.
     DESC:  The GNU pager (less) 381
   PSTAMP:  sfw1020050108052052
 INSTDATE:  Jan 19 2010 17:50
  HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
   STATUS:  completely installed
    FILES:        5 installed pathnames
                  2 shared pathnames
                  2 directories
                  3 executables
                265 blocks used (approx)

So looks for me like the utilities (opencsw.py) modify the pkginfo to
be more in line with the opencsw standards (might be a requirement for
bldcat). This isn't an issue right now, but might be in the future -
patches from sun, support issues and so on - yes I know - if I want
support I should rather install by hand from DVD ;).

Thanks for your Feedback and cheers

Robert

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Peter Bonivart <bon...@op...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Robert Gstoehl
> <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hoi,
> >
> > Looks like "installing packages from sun dvd" is a planned feature of
> > pkgutil. Is there some work in progress / ideas where I might get my hands
> > dirty?
>
> In version 1.9.1, a script is included that can build CSW catalogs
> from SUNW packages, it allows to install SUNW packages in a more
> modular way that doesn't change pkgutil itself. The previous plans
> were to allow this directly from pkgutil but unfortunately I could
> never test that enough to release it.
>
> Please give the script a try and see if it fits your needs. For
> OpenCSW it's packaged in pkgutilplus and can be found here after
> installation: /opt/csw/bin/build_sun_catalog.
>
> http://www.opencsw.org/packages/pkgutilplus
>
> --
> /peter