[Puppet Users] Re: Solaris / OpenSolaris package management

deet
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:06:51 -0000

>
> I noticed that you found the pkg(5) package provider which hopefully
> will work for you - it is my first shot at a package provider for
> puppet :)
>

   Martin.
  Will your new provider show up as part of one of the upcoming puppet
releases?   I''ve been noodling around with moving my Solaris boxes to
use the Solaris port of pkg (http://wikis.sun.com/display/
IpsBestPractices/Multi-platform+Packaging+for+Layered+Distros) for all
of our software that is not part of the Solaris release itself.
Knowing that the "pkg" provider would be coming down the road would
eliminate the biggest roadblock for moving to ips/pkg.
   Thanks.   Derek.


> > On a related note is pkgadd the recommended way to manage packages?
> >  Should a new/updated provider be developed that uses pkg?
>
> On OpenSolaris you should stick to pkg instead of pkgadd/pkgrm (unless
> you only have a package which only is available in SVR4 format).
>
> cheers,
> /Martin