The pkgutil provider comes with the OpenCSW Puppet package on Solaris in Puppet 2.6, and is in 2.7 by default. It works quite well.
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:14 AM, windowsrefund <windowsref...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > - What packages? > > This might become a nightmare... there are different packages > repositories, > > blastwave, openCSW, Sunfreeware... , to make modules that manage the same > > software from different sources might be a troublesome and I would like > to > > stick to one. Does this makes sense? What's the most used / updated > /large > > package repository out there? Do you use any of these on production > > environments? > > > > opencsw is the best and Puppet supports it with a native provider. > Trying to use pkgutil would be tricky as there is no native provider > AFAIK. I know someone out there posted something to the list at some > point but that's another story. > > > - What package manager? > > Can I assume that (almost) everybody uses (in 2011) pkgutil to install > > software on Solaris? If not, what are the alternatives? > > > > Again, puppet already provides a blastwave provider that works > perfectly with opencsw > > > - Existing modules for Solaris? > > Has anyone published Puppet modules for Solaris? Can you link them here, > for > > reference and inspiration... > > > > There really aren't too many things one needs to be concerned about > when adding "solaris" support to a module. The only things that stand > out are file paths and little quirks like needing to unlock a user's > account after creation using passwd -N. Of course, service resources > may want to use the manifest attribute if SMF is to be exploited. > Other than that, a service is a service, a user is a user, etc, etc... > > Best, > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
