On Tue, Dec 08, 2009, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > Anyone here using openpkg? Any thoughts about it? We have been using this since 2001 or so when we moved from Caldera Linux to SuSE. We now use it on CentOS, OpenSolaris, FreeBSD, OS X, and even SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a. For an old writeup I did on this see this page. http://www.celestial.com/support/Documentation/openpkg Using OpenPKG vastly simplifies the job of maintaining server software without having to depend on the underlying vendor's packaging, and does so with minimal intrusion on the system. We don't have to worry about what versions of apache, postfix, php, postgresql, mysql, berkeley db, etc. the vendor supplies as we use the OpenPKG packages in their place. Typically we get updates out to large numbers of systems within 24 hours of updates of things like clamav, samba, far quicker than CentOS or others make them available. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 It's very glamorous to raise millions of dollars, until it's time for the venture capitalist to suck your eyeballs out. -- Peter Kennedy, chairman of Kraft & Kennedy.