[request-sponsor] Fix for bug 6615447 : r.manifest can use $smf_alive without ever setting it

2008-11-02 Thread Ceri Davies
It doesn't look like the fix for this CR ever got integrated, so I'd like to request a sponsor for myself, with my intended fix being the patch below (or alternatively that the bug just be closed as Not a Bug).. Thanks, Ceri On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 10:37:23PM +, Ceri Davies wrote: On Wed

[request-sponsor] 6218640: should import NetBSD mailwrapper/mailer.conf

2008-09-30 Thread Ceri Davies
I'd like to record that John Beck has offered to sponsor me for: 6218640: should import NetBSD mailwrapper/mailer.conf My SCA number is OS0135. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere -- next

[request-sponsor] Status on CR: 6707269: Plese remove from the website

2008-08-05 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 07:18:52AM -0700, Fauzia Saeed wrote: Bug#6707269 was putback to snv_96 by a Sun Employee: http://monaco.sfbay/detail.jsf?cr=+http://monaco.sfbay/detail.jsf?cr=+6707269 However, as described in the comments, the original bug was sort of switched around through a

[request-sponsor] Removals from list of active sponsor requests

2008-08-05 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 10:25:03AM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: Ceri Davies wrote: On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 05:55:19PM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: Please remove the following bugs from the sponsor list the original requester is no longer working on them: 6551524 su truncates LOGNAME

[request-sponsor] Request sponsor for CR 6733368 - sbdadm reports inconsistent maximum support LU size

2008-08-05 Thread Ceri Davies
I'd like to request a sponsor to work on the above with; the fix appears trivial at present (see http://cr.opensolaris.org/~ceri/sbdadm_maxsize.diff). My SCA number is OS0135. Thanks, Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.

[request-sponsor] Bugid: 6506683 Category:Subcategory utility:shell

2008-02-13 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 09:35:36AM -0800, Stephen Hahn wrote: And, if you were thinking of a more general facility for locating files, whether or not they were delivered by packaging, I would suggesting integrating GNU findutils into SFW. (findutils provides locate(1).) There is

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for bug 6339753 - nsswitch should allow comments in local files

2008-02-12 Thread Ceri Davies
I'd like to request a sponsor for bug 6339753, allowing nsswitch files backends to use comments. The fix is seemingly trivial but I particularly want guidance on whether comments should only be allowed when they begin a new line, in order to avoid breaking existing databases. Anyway, my SCA # is

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for bug 6339753 - nsswitch should allow comments in local files

2008-02-12 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 03:21:20PM +, Darren J Moffat wrote: Ceri Davies wrote: I'd like to request a sponsor for bug 6339753, allowing nsswitch files backends to use comments. The fix is seemingly trivial but I particularly want guidance on whether comments should only be allowed when

[request-sponsor] Shooting my mouth off

2008-02-01 Thread Ceri Davies
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:15:40PM +, Ceri Davies wrote: It occurs to me that I've been reviewing patches posted here where it might not actually be welcome. Tell me to shut up if necessary, although I'm concerned that this review should happen and preferably in good time after

[request-sponsor] Fix for bug 6615447 : r.manifest can use $smf_alive without ever setting it

2008-01-30 Thread Ceri Davies
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 04:35:52PM +0530, Avinash Joshi wrote: Hi. I am working on the bug 6615447. My SCA number is 0S0142 I personally don't see how this is a bug at all, but the preferred idiom for checking uninitialised shell variables is ${var:-default}, so the diff would be something

[request-sponsor] Bug 5079505 Clarification of /etc/syslog.conf comments

2008-01-30 Thread Ceri Davies
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 06:51:48PM +0530, Rishi M Nair wrote: Please ignore the previous mail in that diff is not taken in the correct format Bug ID -5079505 Synopsis - Clarification of /etc/syslog.conf comments Category:Subcategory - utility:logger --- syslog.conf.orig Tue Oct 2

[request-sponsor] Shooting my mouth off

2008-01-30 Thread Ceri Davies
It occurs to me that I've been reviewing patches posted here where it might not actually be welcome. Tell me to shut up if necessary, although I'm concerned that this review should happen and preferably in good time after a submission is posted (rather than after the potentially long wait for a

[request-sponsor] Fix for bug - 6604652

2008-01-29 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:50:12AM +0530, Abhilash wrote: Sir, Me Abhilash T.g and Arjun Asok have a fix for the bug 6604652. We are the students of amrita university. Abhilash oso183 Arjun oso211 the synopsis is See the following log: bash-3.00# mount installtest:/export

[request-sponsor] Bug 6604652 sharemgr: incorrect error message when sharing a remote filesystem

2008-01-29 Thread Ceri Davies
Someone else already submitted a patch for this a few hours ago. Ceri On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:29:25PM +0530, Rishi M Nair wrote: Hi. I am Rishi M Nair from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. me (Rishi M Nair) (OS0148 - rishios) and jazarine (just applied for a SCA) are interested in working on

[request-sponsor] Fix for bug-6440628

2008-01-29 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:16:12PM +0530, Abhilash wrote: Sir, I Abhilash T.G and Arjun Asok of Amrita University Abhilash oso183 and Arjun oso211 have a fix for the bug 6440628 . we are attaching the diff. Hmm. I am about to sound quite negative, but I aim to help; please don't be

[request-sponsor] Request sponsor for Bug: 6647843

2008-01-20 Thread Ceri Davies
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 04:45:44AM -0800, Avinash Joshi wrote: Hi. I am Avinash Joshi from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Rishi M Nair (OS0148 - rishios) and me (OS0142 - avinashj) are interested in working on bugid 6457020. Bug ID - 6457020 Synopsis - *find* find should offer assistance

[request-sponsor] Bug 6557253 dispadmin.c:usage[] contains undocumented -u option

2008-01-20 Thread Ceri Davies
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 06:53:02PM +0530, Rishi M Nair wrote: Hi. I am Rishi M Nair from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. me (Rishi M Nair) (OS0148 - rishios) and Avinash Joshi (OS0142 - avinashj) are interested in working on bugid 6557253 Bug ID - 6557253 Synopsis - dispadmin.c:usage[]

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for 6493125: df options needlessly differ between /usr/bin/ and /usr/xpg4/bin/

2008-01-14 Thread Ceri Davies
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 01:01:07PM -0700, Bonnie Corwin wrote: Ceri Davies wrote: Thanks Bonnie. My apologies for the duplication; I had checked the page at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/oss_bite_size/ but I assume there is another table somewhere? Perhaps they could be cross

[request-sponsor] Bugid - 4968927

2007-12-16 Thread Ceri Davies
Questions and comments not necessarily targeted at Ashwin here: On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 12:24:14PM +0530, ashwin wrote: Hi all My SCA # is OS0144 I would like to request a sponsor for Bug Id 4968927 the comment for EPERM error should match in the following two files

[request-sponsor] Bugid - 4968927

2007-12-16 Thread Ceri Davies
On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:03:24AM -0600, Tom Haynes wrote: Ceri Davies wrote: Finally, is it expected that someone requesting a sponsor have a patch that they consider final to be done, or is a WIP allowed? Ceri It can be either. And it can also be the case that they haven't started

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR 4912090: pfzsh should exist

2007-12-14 Thread Ceri Davies
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 03:28:13PM +, Darren J Moffat wrote: In addition to what Casper said addition of pfzsh would require ARC approval. Given that the FGAP project intends to do away with the requirement for modified versions of the shell PSARC may or may not approve the

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR 4912090: pfzsh should exist

2007-12-12 Thread Ceri Davies
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 04:18:15PM +0100, Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: I threw pfzsh together yesterday afternoon using the SFW framework, and would like to request a sponsor to evaluate my work and help me get it integrated. I note that the CR is currently assigned to Casper Dik and so

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR #6611124 inetconv may?create manifests?that svccfg cannot import

2007-10-15 Thread Ceri Davies
Tony, I agree with your suggestion; I assume you don't need me to reissue the patch? Thanks again, Ceri On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:55:48AM -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote: Hi Ceri, No problem. I agree that test case in the report is sufficient. I have one nit on the change. Lines 336-344:

[request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR #6611124 inetconv may create manifests that svccfg cannot import

2007-09-28 Thread Ceri Davies
Hello, I would like to request a sponsor for the following bug: 6611124 inetconv may create manifests that svccfg cannot import A patch with my proposed and tested fix is available at: http://shrike.submonkey.net/~ceri/os/6611124/ The patch is against the onnv-gate branch. My contributor