We have a few alternatives for http://www.sunfreeware.com: 1. opencsw.org. It is easy to install and works like RedHat's yum where all dependencies get installed along with the package so no more searching. 2. Use the http://unixpackages.com site which is the Sunfreeware author's (Steven Christensen) 'for pay' site. It not all that expensive at just $20 for 'lite user' and it goes up to $100 for unlimited downloads. The Solaris 10 stuff is still free (for now). 3. My situation was that I needed to fix a system that I inherited and needed to uninstall some x86 packages. Then I needed to get the sparc versions to replace the x86 ones. By the way and for now, IF YOU GOOGLE a specific package file, you should be able to find it. Most of the time it'll be on NON-US site. Nonetheless, I'm up and running now. Thanks for your replies, chuck ________________________________ From: Chuck <steeler_dude99@yahoo.com> To: "sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org" <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 11:10 AM Subject: what's up with http://www.sunfreeware.com? Sun Admins, As I am now only an occasional sun system admin, I had a need to access some older Solaris 9 sparc packages off of http://www.sunfreeware.com/. When I try to get a Solaris 9 package, I get this message: ================= Support for these packages has been discontinued on Sunfreeware. Please Visit our New Website UNIXPackages.com UNIX packages provides full package support for all levels of Solaris from 2.5, 2.6, 7, .... through to our *NEW* Solaris 11 SVR4 style packages. Be advised that the packages on UNIX Packages are only available through a paid subscription service, as this new site is not sponsored by any third party. ================= I understand that Sunfreeware has a right to discontinuing storing these. However, I see the mirrors are either are down or have the same message. Anyone know what the story is here? chuck _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Mon Jul 2 09:19:03 2012
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