Updating pkgsrc

In a subsequent state, I might delegate in the Topfile to a follower node for additional compute nodes with a command like:in the last part of a follower state, where I use whatever logic might be appropriate — at present, I define much of this manually because my hardware is a known quantity, and my network management is a work in progress.Running a service like this in a zone, like I do, is a little more straightforward, and can be managed natively in Salt:consul-leader.local: smartos.vm_present: - config: reprovision: true - vmconfig: image_uuid: 7b5981c4-1889-11e7-b4c5-3f3bdfc9b88b brand: lx alias: consul-leader quota: 2 max_physical_memory: 2048 nics: "82:1b:8e:49:e" nic_tag: admin ips: - dhcpto store the relevant zone ID, and then download the binary to the zone filesystem, and then run the unarchive job from above on whatever path in the lx-brand zone filesystem.However, pkgsrc generally contains more and newer software. Mir Ports and pkgsrc can be installed and used in parallel.However, there is one caveat: the package tools are incompatible but they have the same names.

I run Consul in an lx zone to check the host into a scheduler for zones I run upstream of my Smart OS fleet, for example — a topic for another post entirely), and ensure that scripts I’d like to use (like the platform-upgrade script) are pulled down and available.

pkgsrc allows the easy installation of third-party software not contained in the base system.

It is very similar to Mir Ports, the ports framework developed by the Mir OS project, “native” on Mir OS.

) Therefore I need a non-root package manager on linux.

On Mac, there is Homebrew, which is very convenient and does not require root privileges.

For updating, uninstall, and more, you can refer to pkgsrc’s documetation and wiki.