[request-sponsor] Removed myself as sponsor of 6416837 (/usr/ucb/ls needs /bin/ls enhancements)

2010-02-12 Thread Peter Tribble
st. ?Is that correct? > > Sounds right to me. ? Peter can always ask to move it back to awaiting > sponsor if/when he is ready to tackle it again. That's fine. Thanks for your help, Alan, and apologies for my lack of response - well buried in all sorts of stuff. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

[request-sponsor] three requests back on the 'awaiting sponsor' list

2010-01-15 Thread Peter Tribble
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:29 PM, James Carlson wrote: > Peter Tribble wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Ethan Quach wrote: >>> FYI, >>> >>> These three bugs are back on the 'awaiting sponsor' list because >>> the sponsor is no

[request-sponsor] three requests back on the 'awaiting sponsor' list

2010-01-15 Thread Peter Tribble
ge name length definitions inconsistent > > 6443055 - pkgchk and pkgtrans are not able to deal with 32 char package > names Given the future of this software (or the decision that it hasn't got one), I'm thinking it's best to drop these. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

[request-sponsor] Request Sponsor Bug : 6638873 :usermod -m could optimize the move

2008-02-12 Thread Peter Tribble
hat would be better than the current system("cd src && find . -print | cpio -m -pd dest"); (I'm the poor schmuck who filed this bug after having to wait 15 minutes for it to do this when a simple rename would have sufficed.) As the comments in the bug say,

[request-sponsor] I would like a sponsor to fix bug 6269516

2007-07-08 Thread Peter Tribble
gt; > I've defined output formats to simplify the mess of ifdefs in the > > printsize() routine. > > > > Hank > > > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > ___ > > request-sponsor mailing list > > request-sponsor at opensolaris.org > > > > ___ > request-sponsor mailing list > request-sponsor at opensolaris.org > -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

[request-sponsor] 1122699 : ls -k

2007-05-27 Thread Peter Tribble
opensolaris.org/~ptribble/1122699/ -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

[request-sponsor] 6416836 6416933 6523118 removed db support from package tools

2007-02-25 Thread Peter Tribble
uires 6526236 to be fixed first. Contributor agreement OS0019 Thanks, -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

[request-sponsor] 6526237 Typo "Intenal Error" in pkgadm_msgs.h

2007-02-25 Thread Peter Tribble
Hi, I would like a sponsor for the following bug: 6526237 Typo "Intenal Error" in pkgadm_msgs.h Suggested fix (it's a typo, after all!) in the bug report. Contributor agreement OS0019. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

[request-sponsor] 4838106 - /usr/ucb/df

2006-10-29 Thread Peter Tribble
Mike, On 10/29/06, Mike Gerdts wrote: > > 4838106 /usr/ucb/df -i -t nfs fails strangely > > The attached patch will fix this bug. Contributor agreement is OS0018. > I already have sponsors (Rich Brown and Alok Aggarwal) for this one, and this will hopefully be finished pretty so

[request-sponsor] 6424003 pkginfo -l can't handle long package names properly

2006-05-11 Thread Peter Tribble
I would like a sponsor for 6424003. Suggested fix is in the bug report. (Note that the bug report is slightly inaccurate. It's broken on all platforms, but the output sometimes looks plausible.) -- -Peter Tribble L.I.S., University of Hertfordshire - http://www.herts.ac.uk/

[request-sponsor] 6415252 srchcfile could be improved

2006-04-29 Thread Peter Tribble
es to scan the string, in an identical manner to the existing fast character checking elsewhere in this file. this also streamlines the logic a little. -- -Peter Tribble L.I.S., University of Hertfordshire - http://www.herts.ac.uk/ http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

[request-sponsor] 6416837 /usr/ucb/ls needs /bin/ls enhancements

2006-04-25 Thread Peter Tribble
the xpg4 variant is created. Advantages: only one codebase, future merges are trivial. Disadvantages: as 2, and it involves messing with the /bin/ls source and could be very complex to successfully generate 3 binaries from a single source. -- -Peter Tribble L.I.S., University of Hertfordshire - ht

[request-sponsor] du option merge 6269516

2006-04-23 Thread Peter Tribble
an extra if. I've also turned off the m flag if -k is given, and vice-versa. (Should -h be handled in this manner too?) 3. Restructuring I've defined output formats to simplify the mess of ifdefs in the printsize() routine. -- -Peter Tribble L.I.S., University of Hertfordshire

[request-sponsor] /usr/ucb/file 4319640

2006-04-18 Thread Peter Tribble
I would like a sponsor to fix bug 4319640. Details follow; diff attached. Contributor Agreement OS0019 1. 4319640 Just as it says in the bug description, $* has been changed to "$@". In addition, the file command is execed, which is slightly quicker. -- -Peter Tribble L.I.S., Uni

[request-sponsor] /usr/ucb/df 4838106

2006-04-17 Thread Peter Tribble
he main loop simply shifts the arguments, avoiding the monkeying around with expr. As a result, it's much quicker when any arguments are specified. - The resulting command is simply execed I have used this as my personal df for several years now, with no problems. (It's something I use oft

[request-sponsor] pkgchk 6218542 6412140 6412749 6412765 6322837 6413788

2006-04-17 Thread Peter Tribble
various typos and removed unused defines. -- -Peter Tribble L.I.S., University of Hertfordshire - http://www.herts.ac.uk/ http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/