[ug-bosug] [technical question] need a package in .pkg format from IPS / Blastwave

[Ananth Shrinivas]

Ashwin Bhat wrote:
> How do i download a package in .pkg format from Blastwave / IPS . I do 
> not  want to install it in my computer. ( I need a Broadcom 57xx 
> Network Driver ) . It is in IPS. I need it to install in my friends 
> laptop.

The short answer is you can't "download" IPS packages. You friend needs 
to be connected to the network himself. But since he wants the Ethernet 
driver in the first place, he is hosed.

Since its a driver, you might get away with creating a "user-image" 
installing the appropriate package to the it. Then copy the 
kernel/drv/bcmXXX, kernel/drv/amd64/bcmXXX , kernel/drv/bcm*.conf  to 
your friends laptop and do an add_drv and an update_drv manually.

If you feel outraged, you should be speaking your mind on 
pkg-discuss at opensolaris.org

Ananth