[shell-discuss] Why does "LOGIN_NAME_MAX" return "9" instead of "33" ?

2008-04-16 Thread Shawn Walker
ill returns "9" - is this a bug or is > there a reason why this limit was never increased ? http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=114455 -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC FastTrack [PSARC/2007/233]: Default shellenvironment:machine ksh93/back environment

2007-05-09 Thread Shawn Walker
at all, from this particular case. Roland, I strongly suggest you just approach this with /etc/skel and try to deal with the other problems in a different way. Changing defaults for existing users through an update is horrid, I understand the situation you are in, but you have a way out of it that you can use on your own. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC FastTrack [PSARC/2007/233]: Default shellenvironment:machine ksh93/back environment

2007-05-07 Thread Shawn Walker
happen? /etc/skel is fine with me, as long as the user accounts created during installation have a chance to get the "new" defaults found /etc/skel automatically. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC FastTrack [05/02/2007]: Default shellenvironment: manual page subsystem

2007-05-03 Thread Shawn Walker
script sets PAGER=/usr/bin/more, > you won't even be affected by this discussion. Yes, that is exactly what many of us are trying to say. If we just add all of the changes and functionality of less to more, I don't see the point of having both :) I just want a better default, t

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC FastTrack [05/02/2007]: Default shellenvironment: manual page subsystem

2007-05-03 Thread Shawn Walker
ntify the specific *technical* not *subjective* issues with less, fix them, and change it to be the default, please. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC 2007/236 Default shell environment: TMPDIR

2007-04-30 Thread Shawn Walker
have a hard time believing this. Almost any time I've logged in or out of GNOME I find many little files littering /tmp or /var/tmp from orbit, ice, sockets, etc. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC FastTrack [05/02/2007]: Default shell environment: TMPDIR

2007-04-26 Thread Shawn Walker
t the ones in control of all the applications that are used... -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

[shell-discuss] Re: 2007/235 Default shell environment: manualpage subsystem

2007-04-26 Thread Shawn Walker
ersonal experience, my PATH and MANPATH are fairly close to being identical. I was always annoyed that I had to set both. To me, this perfectly fits the whole serendipitous discovery conversation that occurred recently. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC FastTrack [05/02/2007]: Default shell environment: machine ksh93/back environment

2007-04-26 Thread Shawn Walker
is to remove /usr/ucb from your path if you're going to do anything useful with the system... -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

[shell-discuss] Re: PSARC FastTrack [05/02/2007]: Default shell environment:machineksh93/back environment

2007-04-26 Thread Shawn Walker
people ... If you have never used Solaris or Linux, both will equally be a pain ;) -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst binarycrusader at gmail.com - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

[shell-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] The "shell" project now open...

2007-04-05 Thread Shawn Walker
On 05/04/07, Roland Mainz wrote: > Just a quick announcement that the "shell" project is now open. Awesome! This is great news Roland. Thanks for sharing. -- "Less is only more where more is no good." --Frank Lloyd Wright Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst bina