There are two conflicting issues here:
the bits themselves
and
the way the bits were built, configured and what they depend upon
Some people simply want mysql, while others want mysql built on the
blastwave infrastructure optimized for Solaris10.
It seems that we would
1. you patch the source code if necessary
Is there a 'recommended' format for patches in the
Solaris environment?
Is this the correct commands to create a patch:
diff -u old_file new_file
and to apply the patch:
patch -i patch_file file_to_be_patched
or is there some
On 7/20/05, Bart Smaalders [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is that still considered the proper practice? Would
I be considered
evil if I released packages without the prefixes?
That question is better left for Sun employed engineers, but I write for
myself: I wouldn't do it.
As a general rule of thumb:
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 05:25:39AM -0700, UNIX admin wrote:
Is that still considered the proper practice? Would
I be considered
evil if I released packages without the prefixes?
That question is better left for Sun employed engineers, but I write for
myself: I wouldn't do it.
Nor
On 7/21/05, Keith M Wesolowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 05:25:39AM -0700, UNIX admin wrote:
Is that still considered the proper practice? Would
I be considered
evil if I released packages without the prefixes?
That question is better left for Sun employed
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 02:41:58PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote:
So is it ok for me to name my packages libfoo, progname, etc or not?
No.
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Keith M Wesolowski Sir, we're surrounded!
Solaris Kernel Team Excellent; we can attack in any direction!
Sunil wrote:
Sunil wrote:
Thats what the SUNWmysqlS package is for, it is
is there a rationale behind such names? I mean why
not 'mysql', which is a nice name given by the writer
of the source of pkg? what is this company ticker
concept useful for?
They key thing is not to get two
Sunil wrote:
I don't get it. you mean somebody actually wants to install SUNWmysql,
REDHmysql, IMYmysql, YOUmysql at the same time on the same box?
It's not uncommon to have multiple vendor versions of gcc, perl, named,
and many others installed on the same box. But besides that, seeing
Sunil wrote:
I don't get it. you mean somebody actually wants to install SUNWmysql,
REDHmysql, IMYmysql, YOUmysql at the same time on the same box?
Probably not, but not all package names are unique, especially
when the system was started and SVR4 package names were limited
to 9 characters,
