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

[Peter B. <bon...@op...>]

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Robert Gstoehl
<rob...@gm...> wrote:
> Hey Peter,
>
> I tried the build_sun_catalog in pkgutilplus. Good stuff!

Glad you like it! I'll tell Maciej who contributed the script.

> 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 ;).

Yes, it does change some metadata to be in line with CSW standards.
This is needed to do version compares and so on. The standard is
described here: http://www.opencsw.org/standards/build#versioning.

All non-CSW support is only because users have asked for it but it
will always be less of a priority than CSW itself. We can't guarantee
any kind of quality when we have no control of the contents (read:
SUNW packages).

That takes me to this, less is provided by CSW:
http://www.opencsw.org/packages/less. :-)

-- 
/peter