Vasiliy writes: > Your questions are clearly shows that you did not read it at all - > otherwise you probably noticed that it is not about packages. Please > do not waste my time and everybody else, and read it first otherwise > how are you came up with this questions - just by reading last > mail?!
Your original message said this: For web patching I introduced additional parsing mechanism which parse manifest file. Patch records in manifest file is same as they are in /var/sadm/pkg/*/pkginfo with small addition - package information. This manifest is generated by pkgadd -m modification which output it for specified patchbase. Where's the documentation of "pkgadd -m"? Does "manifest" here equate to pkginfo(4) -- or is it something else? > Please, first came up with constructive quesions and then you will > have constructive respond. Allow me to introduce you to the concept of a "review." The author -- you -- sends out some material that he'd like others to examine. It's well understood that the author is (naturally) the expert in what he's doing. The reviewers may in fact have varying levels of expertise, and almost certainly not all in the same functional areas. It is the reviewer's job to ask pertinent questions. It is the author's job to answer them. Yes, it does mean that some questions will look "silly" or just "wrong." In some cases, that's because the reviewer misunderstood the materials. In some cases, it's because the materials themselves are unclear, missing key information, or are just poorly written. In still other cases, the issues represent discovered flaws in the proposal. It's by nature a messy process. But by requiring that your reviewers construct "perfect" questions for you to answer, you are making it impossible for anyone to comment on and help you improve the design. Please do reconsider providing a constructive response to Dave's questions. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
