From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 22 19:41:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17189 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:41:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA17172 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:41:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA00797; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:31:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812230331.TAA00797@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New packaging system In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:07:01 EST." <36802615.E5E264EB@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:31:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >From the recent discussion in the list I remembered that Ronald Joe > Record in SCO said they would release their packaging system in a > future. I asked again, and I received this: > ________ > Hello Pedro, > > We released the source to the pkgadd packaging tools > (UnixWare's native packaging technology) in Skunkware 98. > You can download these sources via: > > ftp://ftp.sco.com/skunkware/src/sysadmin/pkg-15.1-src.tar.gz > > I am trying to get the native OpenServer packaging technology > released in source form. This is, in my opinion, a far superior > C++ storage section Posix compliant technology (the SCO > Software Manager also known as custom or custom+). > > ... > ________ > > So, ...what's next ?? 8) I've suggested that our fearless SVr4 folks might want to look at this, as I'm fairly sure that the package format is relatively standard. I've also looked briefly at the code; there's quite a bit that will need to be rewritten (or possibly just cut out of its functionality), but on the whole the code is clean and the job looks quite feasible. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message