Technical Topic: oi-userland

Install from ISO

As of 2015-03-30, use hipster ISO for userland building
Once logged in, use nwam applet to disable NICs for zones ===
- Create a profile named “Zones”
- Add only global zone NIC in the “Activate every time” section
Shutdown and remove virtual installation ISO
Boot up and install Solaris guest additions
Shutdown and remove virtual guest-additions ISO
Boot into new system, ready to proceed

Make basic preference/environment changes, as desired

Entries in /etc/hosts
Desktop preference changes
Shell initialization and ~/.* files

Change package repository settings (only if switching from non-hipster):

pkg unset-publisher openindiana.org
pkg set-publisher -p http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-2015
pkg install -v package/pkg
pkg update -v

Set up zone for building

See OpenIndiana for zone basics

Take a snapshot of the zone

zlogin oibld init 5
cp -pf /etc/zones/oibld.xml /zones/oidev/oibld
zfs snapshot -r zonepool/zones/oidev/oibld@snapshotname
zoneadm -z oibld boot

Following guide at http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Building+with+oi-userland …

Ensure up-to-date with pre-requisites

Update zone (if installed from hipster ISO) : pkg update -v
Install prerequisite packages in the zone: pkg install build-essential

Set up build environment for use

Create a fork of OpenIndiana/oi-userland in your own github account space

Clone your fork and set up for use

git clone https://www.github.com/yourlogin/oi-userland
cd $HOME/oi-userland ; gmake setup ; gmake check-environment

Set your local repo as publisher:

pkg set-publisher -p file://$HOME/oi-userland/i386/repo
pkg set-publisher -P userland

Run a local package server for other zones or hosts:

/usr/lib/pkg.depotd -d $HOME/oi-userland/i386/repo -p 10000

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