Re: Meta-things

> Harlan writes:
> 
> > Thinking about your plans for cfengine, how's this for an
> > idea: Would anybody be interested in working with me (or
> > not, if you prefer!) in getting ARK better integrated with
> > <http://www.openpackages.org>?
> 
> As you know, I've been pro-openpackages all along, and think
> it a direction worth pursuing.  Note that it conflicts not
> at all with the kind of cfengine stuff I was writing about.

'k.

> Reservations about openpackages: (a) Seems to have lost lots
> of momentum since last summer;

True, and I'm trying to "fix" that.  I need help - I don't have the
knowledge (or time) to do it all myself.

> (b) every time I've ever run 'cd
> .../op/tools && ./sandboxtest' on my sparc-solaris2.6 box,
> I've gotten a failure :-(  The current one being the stuff
> below.

I believe there is a loader bug in 2.6; regardless, I'm happy to help fix
it.  Just to ask, do you have a 2.6 box where I could get an ssh login?

> Relatedly: I have been meaning to mention Ralf Engelschall's
> OpenPKG system (http://www.openpkg.org/), which is a
> multi-platform RPM-based system.  Arusha stuff could be
> built on top of that, too, though I personally prefer a
> build-from-source approach.

Me too...

H