Peter Memishian wrote: > > How do we get into this situation? I got into the situation by using > > svccfg to add property groups. I don't believe it is possible to get > > into this situation any other way, but I haven't spent enough time > > reviewing and testing the code to be able to rule out another possible > > code path (and I would argue that if such a path existed, it would be a > > bug). > > If svccfg is truly the only way to get in this situation -- and I think it > should be -- then this seems like a case of "Doctor, it hurts when I do > this", and I am opposed to introducing any significant complexity to the > code to try to handle it. Would it be possible for the service itself to > get transitioned to maintenance mode, with svcs -xv explaining that the > linkmgmtd SMF properties have apparently become inconsistent? > > It might also be worth checking with the SMF folks on whether there's a > best practice here. >
That's a good suggestion, I'll send mail to smf-discuss. Dan
