Jan Damborsky wrote: > Ethan Quach wrote: >> >> Thanks for replying with the additional info. I'll see if >> this is a known issue or not and file bugs as necessary. > > installadm(1M) currently doesn't check status of dns/multicast - > it seem it might either make sure that dns/multicast is enabled > when the first service is to be created or (if less intrusive > approach might be more suitable) detect that it is not, report > this and abort, since in this case it is not able to register > the install service anyway.
If it doesn't break any administrative rule, I would prefer we just do the former. (This is what AI used to do before we changed it not to.) I didn't found any existing bugs against this behavior yet, so I think one should be filed for the problem at least. > > Also, looking at install/server SMF service dependencies, > multicast/dns is listed as optional_all: > > According to smf(5) man page, this kind of dependency is satisfied, > even if service is disabled: > > I think it should be 'require_all' instead, as AI server can't > provide its service without it. We chose optional_all because dns/multicast isn't required for Sparc install services. thanks, -ethan
