RE: bug 7794 - http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=7794
With the fix of this bug, installadm(1m) of the OpenSolaris Automated
Installer no longer requires tag slice_size in the slice_action="delete"
or slice_action="preserve". So, for these cases, slice_size is no
longer needed, but will be tolerated so as not to force users to change
manifests immediately. It is suggested that slice_size be removed for
delete and preserve since it may be confusing to users later. It is
also possible that more stringent future validation might regard the tag
as an error in these cases.
The corresponding change has been made for fdisk partitions -
partition_type, partition_size are not necessary for the delete action
The change in the RNG schema for the AI manifest, more thoroughly
explained in the bug comments, separates handling of actions for both
slices and fdisk partitions so that the manifests can be individually
screened for required tags per different action:
- for slice create, number and size are required
- for slice delete and preserve, number is required
- for partition delete, either partition number or starting sector is
required (along with optional partition size)
- for partition create, size is required
If the above required tags are missing for the action, the manifest will
not pass validation in "installadm add". If these tags were missing
before, the manifest would pass validation, but the installation would
fail, so the only change here is that the user is informed of the
problem during manifest validation on the server.
List of formerly required tags that may now be removed:
- slice_size for slice_action=delete, preserve
- partition_type where partition_action=delete
- partition_number for partition_action=create, or
partition_action=delete where deletion is to be done by partition_offset
with optional partition_size
- partition_start_sector, partition_size for partition action=delete
when deleting by partition_number
So once again:
- changes are not necessary at this time
- missing required tags for particular operations will cause the
manifest to fail AI server-side validation henceforth
- suggest removing slice_size, partition_size, partition_number in
contexts where they are not required
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