[indiana-discuss] Can't find javac under OpenSolaris-2008.05

[Brian Nitz]

W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
>>> my modus operandi is to install everything java
>>>       
>> using a single command (thanks a whole bunch to Sun's
>> Java team!):
>>     
>>> pfexec pkg install java-dev
>>>       
>> That's stunningly badly named. I would expect that to
>> install
>> the jdk+docs+demos, 64-bit etc.
>>
>> Instead (if I read the pkg output correctly) it pulls
>> in svn, cvs, mercurial,
>> ant, apache, mysql, glassfish, netbeans and sun
>>     
And mysql!  Peter has a good point here.  Just because we now have a 
package manager which handles dependencies doesn't mean we should throw 
everything (1.2Gig of stuff for java dev!) at the developer.  IMHO, a 
package shouldn't list a recommended supplemental package as a 
dependency.  It's perfectly O.K. to have a meta package which contains 
everything, but it should be labeled as such:

pkg install 
javawebdeveloper_everythingyoucouldpossiblywantandthensome-metapackage

Also, shouldn't pkg smart be smart enough to know what architecture is 
being installed on and grab the correct components? 

pkg install java-dev-only-latest-anyarch

You don't even have to make the architecture decision on the package 
server, take a look at Apple/NeXT's fat binaries.  I hope the days when 
patchadd or pkgadd cheerfully installs binaries for the wrong 
architecture are far behind us.


>> studio.
>>
>> -- 
>> -Peter Tribble
>> http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ -
>> http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
>>     
>
> There is always a way to customize the packages that will be installed.  This just impresses me an example of the extensiveness (& power) of IPS.
>
> Furthermore, there is a lot more in OpenSolaris 2008.05 than meets the eye.  For example, an ordinary end user can become an instant "expert" and begin to make a great deal out of the advantages of zfs in less than five minutes.  And s/he doesn't even need a GUI tool to do that.
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