On 07/12/2011, at 5:09 AM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersm...@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 12/06/11 04:33, Peter Lees wrote: >> hi folks >> >> in the olden days i used to use pkgmk and so on to create SVR4 packages of >> my software bundles (eg local buids of perl, apache, etc) >> >> can anyone suggest a good tutorial for doing the same thing with this >> newfangled 'pkg' stuff ? > > I don't know about tutorials, but docs for package building at the equivalent > of the pkgmk level are: > > https://timsfoster.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/replacing-the-application-packaging-developers-guide/ > > Various people have built higher level frameworks, such as oi-build & pkgtool > around the core commands, but understanding the core should help in any case. > >> i'd like to make whatever the equivalent of package streams are, so i can >> copy them around my various openindiana VM's - some of which may not be >> internet-accessible. > > The equivalent would be *.p5p archives, but they require a pkg version > newer than build 151: > http://blogs.oracle.com/srw/entry/pkg_5_archive_and_temporary thanks alan, this is exactly what i was after! -- Peter Lees _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
