tech-pkg: Re: gensolpkg: relax 9-character package name length limit.

Subject: Re: gensolpkg: relax 9-character package name length limit.
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Klaus Heinz <k.heinz.okt.fuenf@onlinehome.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/20/2005 20:47:27

Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> There have been updates to the solaris package tools (including binary
> patches for all currently supported releases) which relax the
> 9-character package name limit to 32 characters. The driving factor for
If I remember correctly, Solaris 8 is the earliest release pkgsrc really
supports nowadays, though I think I read about someone trying it out with
Solaris 7.
Looking on sunsolve, I found:
 Solaris 7
 sparc 107443-23
 x86 107444-23
 Solaris 8
 sparc 110934-24
 x87 110935-24
 
 Solaris 9
 sparc 113713-21 
 x86 114568-20
If this is correct, then even Solaris 7 seems to be able to handle
longer package names.
I would like gensolpkg handling longer names.
ciao
 Klaus