[rescue] Solaris 2.6 today

[Richard]

Hi Steve

Nice machine.

I would use http://ibiblio.org/ packages to get a working build environment.
>From there doing something like the below with NetBSD pkgsrc makes sense.

Also with some googling you may find sunsolve and patches....

Richard

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> On 30 Sep 2019, at 07:21, John Ruschmeyer <jruschme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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