This is a collection of software built and packaged in SVR4 format for Solaris.
The aim is to get a good base selection of software available for older Solaris releases and to support all platforms that these releases support.
The current target releases are Solaris 2.6
The frequency with which packages are added and updated depends heavily on my available spare time.
I'll happily take requests for specific software just don't request things like OpenOffice and Firefox.
I will attempt to address security issues in the packages as I become aware of them but I will not guarantee updated fixed packages nor can I take any responsibility for any problems this may cause.
For packages with a reuseable library component there will usually be a main package containing binaries, shared objects, documentation etc. and a -devel package containing the headers, man pages etc. applicable for developing with the library.
The layout will differ for other classes of software, one such example is gcc. Generally there will not be much splitting of packages into smaller parts due to the very limited namespace (just 9 chars on Solaris < 8).
I try to make sure that the packages all have the right dependencies on other packages.
Generally dependencies are auto generated but from time to time they might need tweaking.
Because of the way Solaris package dependencies work (especially versioned deps) it's quite hard to get them right. In effect you might have to ignore dependencies from time to time.
If you find yourself having to override what seems to be a wrong dependency please let me know so I might fix it if possible.
Solaris 2.6/sparc
Packages are built on an Enterprise 250 with 2xUSII 400Mhz cpus and 512Mb RAM.
The machine was patched up using Patch Check Advanced with access to sunsolve.
Solaris 2.6/x86
Packages are built in a VMware Server 1.06 machine with 256Mb RAM running on a Intel E6300 cpu.
The machine was patched up using Patch Check Advanced with access to sunsolve.
Solaris 2.6/sparc - stable
Solaris 2.6/x86 - stable