Kim LiChong's blog

I was very attracted to apt-get, which is a type of  package manager on Ubuntu where it would download the requisite packages and install them for you instead of hunting the individual packages from the different websites, only to find out that the version you just installed was not the correct one.

 So to my delight, I found an equivalent on Solaris x86.  Here is how I did it:

 1.  Go to http://www.blastwave.org, and download and install the pkgutil package.  This install it in the /opt/csw/bin directory.  Be sure to add that to your PATH.

 pkgadd -d ./pkgutil_i386.pkg

2. Install the CSWbash package: pkgutil -i CSWbash.  You should see messages flying down your screen about different packages being installed.

3.  Find out what package name is for Mercurial:  pkgutil -a | grep mercurial.  Note that pkgutil -a will list all of the available packages for installation.

 4.  Install the mercurial package:  pkgutil -i CSWmercurial.

5.  You'll see that the hg binary is installed in /opt/csw/bin directory.  Run that binary.

6.  Oops - you should get a message:

./hg
abort: couldn't find mercurial libraries in [/opt/csw/bin /opt/csw/lib/python26.zip /opt/csw/lib/python2.6 /opt/csw/lib/python2.6/plat-sunos5 /opt/csw/lib/python2.6/lib-tk /opt/csw/lib/python2.6/lib-old /opt/csw/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload /opt/csw/lib/python2.6/site-packages]
(check your install and PYTHONPATH)

7.  Set your PYTHONPATH environment variable:  setenv PYTHONPATH /opt/csw/lib/python/site-packages

8.  Retry the hg command:

./hg
Mercurial Distributed SCM

basic commands:

 add        add the specified files on the next commit
 annotate   show changeset information by line for each file
 clone      make a copy of an existing repository
 commit     commit the specified files or all outstanding changes
 diff       diff repository (or selected files)
 export     dump the header and diffs for one or more changesets
 forget     forget the specified files on the next commit
 init       create a new repository in the given directory
 log        show revision history of entire repository or files
 merge      merge working directory with another revision
 parents    show the parents of the working directory or revision
 pull       pull changes from the specified source
 push       push changes to the specified destination
 remove     remove the specified files on the next commit
 serve      export the repository via HTTP
 status     show changed files in the working directory
 update     update working directory

use "hg help" for the full list of commands or "hg -v" for details

Voila!  A pretty painless way of getting your source management tool to get the repository of your interest.

I didn't have a chance to blog yesterday about the retirement of Mario Lemieux, and I wanted to take the time to acknowledge such a milestone in Canadian hockey. Sure, there is lots of upcoming young talent but I'm a big believer in respecting superstars who may be past their prime. He is passing the torch on, serving as a mentor to 'Sid the Kid', who is staying in Mario's home, so he can dispense advice to young Crosby. For Mario (as compared to other aging superstars who cannot let go), it was not solely based on his skills eroding; it was more about his body crying "Uncle". Unfortunately, he was forced to literally listen to his heart.

I am not going to debate about whether he was the best, how he compares to Gretzky, or where does he rank in the pantheon of hockey superstars. His skill level still leaves me in awe. Who can forget the non-move during the Olympics in 2002 when he let the pass from Chris Pronger slide through his legs to Kariya? It's not often we highlight the non-move a player makes.




Thanks for the memories, Mario. We'll miss you.