Nils: If you run into issues with patches that cannot handle the split of root/usr environment properly, then bugs should be filed to get those fixed. You need to provide steps and details on how to reproduce this.
There are people inside SUN who care about patches and quality. John Brewer wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> i am using diskless / OS-service setups with Solaris >> 9 / sparc and Solaris 10 / x86 >> since the year 2000 (for s9 sparc) and do again and >> again stumble over patches which >> cant handle the split root/usr environment properly. >> >> I am tired of going through the Sun support channel, >> as I am able to >> work on fixes myself and to open support cases just >> to contirbute my >> improvements to Sun, their customers and the >> community is really not >> what I want. >> >> On the other hand, it is also pointless to open bugs >> if no-one is interested in this >> matter. >> >> Therefor, I am looking for people at Sun who would be >> willing to jointly work on >> improvements/fixes for diskless / OS-Service >> environments. I am not currently >> focused on running opensolaris, but rather s9 and >> s10. >> >> Nils > > [b]It is not "pointless to open bugs[/b] if no-one is interested in this > matter." > > [b]It Does matter!!!!, if the issue is documented and test cases of the bug > is reproducible and documented in the bog, the odds of a fix are greatly > improved, and the software author/eng will better able to fix the issue, if > the bug or RFE is documented![/b] > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss
