If you have to maintain a Solaris install and want those modern amenities, I'd recommend pkgsrc. It can turn any UNIX into a pretty nice environment.
But, I might actually want to try it on Mac OS X. I've been working on making our installer work on Mac OS X with Mac Ports, but that's been pretty rough (though mostly not due to Mac Ports problems...Mac OS X is simply not an acceptable substitute for UNIX or Linux and the documentation for server-oriented stuff is either non-existent or woefully out of date).
http://inthebox.webmin.com/homebrew-package-installation-for...
Also, there was some discussion here about the Linux port of Homebrew (which is also a terrible idea):
pkgsrc should still work on Solaris 10, and there are a few people in the community continuing to provide patches for it, but obviously a lot of us have moved onto illumos so the support and documentation isn't going to be as good. That said, the aim of pkgsrc is to support every system possible, so we will always welcome contributions.
I guess I wasn't clear...I need it for current Solaris 11.x. Which the pkgsrc docs don't seem to match.
But, I'll have a look at it. pkgsrc does seem promising, and something I've looked into in the past (particularly for systems that have poor package management).