[OmniOS-discuss] New metapackage --> illumos-tools

[Ryan Zezeski]

Dan McDonald writes:

> IF you want to build illumos-omnos or illumos-gate on an OmniOS r151014 or later installation, you can do so now simply by uttering:
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> 	pkg install developer/illumos-tools
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> illumos-tools is a metapackage that brings in all of the required packages one needs to build illumos-gate or illumos-omnios.  You can then just download the closed-binaries, git clone your favorite illumos-gate child, construct a .env file and get going.
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> I wanted to have this be a feature of r151016, but it was easy enough where I backported it.
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> Sorry I didn't have something like this sooner.  I've also updated the How to Build illumos page on the illumos wiki.
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> Happy installing!
> Dan

Thank you Dan! Changes like this may seem small but they make all the
difference to a beginner.

-Z