The following reply was made to PR os-solaris/2016; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: os-solaris/2016: Under some circumstances files 'break' - and remain so. Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 15:25:43 +0100 (BST) On 1 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yeah this really looks like a solaris 2.4 bug... you should > probably start by applying any recommended 2.4 patches. You > could upgrade to 2.6 ... but you shouldn't need to go that far. Yeah, well, I'd been advising them to for a while anyway. The upgrade to 2.6 has gone through, and the problem has vanished. Indeed, performance has also improved by almost an order of magnitude... I regret not being able to investigate the problem as fully as I would like to, but time is pressured, and I have to move on... I advise anyone out there using 2.4 to move on to 2.6... Yours, Jules Bean /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
