On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Jens Elkner wrote: > > I could see an argument against installing a software package if there was > > a security issue, like a suid executable you don't want, or a service you > > don't need. But if a driver sits on the host unused, and takes up maybe > > 200k of disk space is it really worth the effort of removing the driver > > and documenting your changes against the normal baseline install? > > Yes - it is worth, because I wanna avoid booting servers every 2 days
Ah yes, the dreaded Solaris 2 day patch release cycle. You seem to be under the impression that a few additional packages will result in much more additional patches compared to a core system that doesn't have the package at all. Statistically, it is very unlikely that there would ever be a patch cluster released that affected only THOSE drivers, and not other packages in the SUNWCmreq cluster. -------------------- Christopher Josephes cpj1 at visi.com
