Narendra Kumar S.S writes: > So, I removed the "other patch". Before I removed the other patch, it > checked the contents of that patch and found that it had many other (>25) > packages. So, I didn't want to waste time, trying to find which is necessary > or not. I was confident that, if something was "very much necessary" for the > system, then it will not be removed. > But, when I removed the patch, the system got broke and it doesn't even > boot, to login prompt!!
I'm sorry to hear that this happened, but there's not really enough information in that message to go about filing a bug. Where we _know_ that the patch can't be removed, we do go to lengths to make sure that this doesn't happen. But bugs do in fact occur, despite our best efforts. And when they do, someone needs to contact service and allow them to file the appropriate bug and (if possible) provide a work-around. (Granted, the same is not generally true for packages.) For that it's worth, this is a good reason to use Live Upgrade. You'll at least have a simple fallback position if something goes haywire. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
