[Info-vax] Packages

[Chris Townley]

On 09/08/2024 21:57, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Fri, 2024-08-09 at 15:28 -0400, John Reagan wrote:
>> On 8/9/2024 3:16 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2024-08-09 at 14:40 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 8/9/2024 2:28 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
>>>>> This might be a stupid question, but is it possible to package
>>>>> up things like compilers on an existing system to upgrade
>>>>> another system?
>>>>
>>>> What would your package provide that the PCSI/VMSINSTAL kit does
>>>> not provide?
>>>
>>> Oh, it's about the vmdk images that VSI sent out. I already have a
>>> working system that I got under their previous hobbyist programme,
>>> jsut wondered if it was possible to update my existing system by
>>> repackaging stuff from the vmdk image and upgrading my system.
> 
>>  From the vmdk?  Probably not.  A compiler install updates the CLD,
>> the HELP, and puts various files on the system (compiler, message
>> files, startup files, release notes, maybe RTLs), etc.  In
>> particular, the CLD isn't just sitting around for all products.  I
>> would guess that VERB could extract it however?  But you don't know
>> the exact list of things  to move/apply.  That is all inside the
>> PCSI/VMSINSTAL kit.
> 
> I did suspect that might be the case. Oh well.
> 
> Maybe I can move my data off the system onto its own disk image and
> then attach it to the vmdk image. Of course, I would need to configure
> the vmdk image with its hostname and other things to make it useable
> first.
> 
> Then every year I can just replace my vmdk with their latest that they
> release, configure it and then attach my existing disk image.
> 
> That's a pain but workable. But I just wish they'd reinstate the
> hobbyist programme. Some of us can find issues and report them quickly.

Have you thought of applying for Ambassador status?

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Chris