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List:       opensolaris-tools-discuss
Subject:    Re: [tools-discuss] The IPS System
From:       Scott Rotondo <Scott.Rotondo () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2008-10-02 4:11:04
Message-ID: 48E449D8.5090507 () sun ! com
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Steve wrote:
> This is going to sound stupid, but how exactly do I use the imaging
> package system?
> 
> I don't have a binary for it (pkg), and I ran iterations of the find
> command, which, etc with no luck. I thought it might need to be
> configured/install like some of the package repositories such as
> blastwave, etc, but I found no luck either.
> 
> I've been running The nevadas since b90, I am currently running
> sol_nv_b98. I've created containers, used ZFS for awhile, dove into
> RBAC, etc, etc, but I never got big into IPS, because I could never
> find it. I see it inside a VM of 2008.05, but I was under the
> impression it's been in the Nevada builds since b70-something.
> 
> I have a genuine feeling that I will be kicking myself soon.

Not at all. You haven't seen it in Nevada because it's not there, at
least not yet. For now, you can find IPS in OpenSolaris releases, or go
to https://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg.

	Scott
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