[rescue] Solaris 2.6 today

[John Ruschmeyer]

If you can get a compiler and toolchain running, then one option might b to
go with PKGSRC from the NetBSD folks. You'd be building everything from
scratch but it would be up-to-date versions.

JR

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 4:29 PM Steve Hatle <shatle at nfldinet.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I brought home a nice 8-way Sparcserver 1000e from VMFMW a couple of
> weeks ago.
>
> So far all the hardware checks out, and I'm ready to do my full-on
> Solaris install and all the updates and add-ons I'd like.
>
> As far as that goes, what's the best source to find packages built for
> Solaris 2.6 or maybe 7 these days? It's been a long time since I've been
> down this road, and I see sunfreeware is no longer free, etc. Blastwave
> doesn't appear to be live. I found an archive of stuff at ibiblio.org.
>
> Are there good sources for this stuff these days?
>
> I also remember there being sets of scripts like YASSP for hardening, etc.
>
> I know I could go and roll all these things by hand (and that might be
> good for me), but I'm really just looking to modernize and add some
> things that will make the box useful on my home network, not set up a
> 'net-facing bastion host.
>
> Any advice or pointers appreciated,
>
> Steve
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