[OpenIndiana-discuss] A dumb idea

[Stephan Althaus]

On 01/29/21 13:10, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
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> On 29.01.21 11:52, Jim Klimov wrote:
>> On January 29, 2021 6:08:50 AM UTC, Stephan Althaus 
>> <Stephan.Althaus at Duedinghausen.eu> wrote:
>>> On 01/29/21 06:58, Chris wrote:
>> ...
>>> Taken this idea, to me it would make more sense to try to transform
>>> joyent's pkgsrc,
>>> as many these pkgs in there are known to build on illumos.
>>> IF it is possible technically and a reasonable effort.
>>>
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>> Isn't pkgsrc.joyent.com usable on any illumos a thing already done 
>> for years?
>>
>> I believe it comes with its own ecosystem of binaries and library 
>> dependencies,
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> Yes, exactly, we're using it with some older Hipster from 2017 to enrich
> the software portfolio a bit, and it does mostly work out of the box.
> Some of the libraries OI already has are duplicated (often in somewhat
> different versions), but that's a small price to pay compared to the
> vast software catalogue pkgsrc offers.
> So no reason to "transform" packages, given the limited manpower OI has.
> Just do everything to keep the illumos/Joyent/Tribblix community binary
> compatible.
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i agree.

About compatibility, sometimes pkgsrc progs tend to crash because of the 
binary or version differences.

  i had a dream of a transform script to keep things automated :-)

Greetings,

Stephan