Milan Jurik writes:
> > Thus, there's no formal requirement here as such, and C-teams and ARCs
> > don't come into it at all.
> >
>
> C-team can ask for it, so I am trying to evaluate all possibilities.
Given the non-trivial fallout from /usr/bin/sleep, I would expect them
to think of possibilities I haven't even imagined. They have long
memories and generally aren't too shy.
I think the *best* bet in this regard is to be up-front about the
issue. If it were my project, I'd contact the C-team and say
something like this:
Dear C-team Members,
We're working on a project that will replace several common,
heavily-used and ancient utility programs in /usr/bin with
equivalents from ksh93. The exact list of these utilities is
available <insert reference here>.
As we know that our previous attempt to replace /usr/bin/sleep
in a simlar way ended with multiple areas of breakage,
including BFU and failing PIT tests, we'd like to be a lot
more careful this time around. Obviously, we will be doing
extensive tests with BFU (including upgrading from old,
upgrading from new, and downgrade scenarios) and will be
running a selection of DIY PIT tests.
However, we would like to know in advance if any of the C-team
members have particular tests that they would like to see run
as part of this work. If you know of any such specific tests
you'd like to see as part of our integration request, please
reply with a list.
Thanks!
> > The minimum I would try would be installing OpenSolaris, copying over
> > the binaries, and then doing a pkg image-update and making sure that
> > flies.
> >
>
> During way home I went to the some possibility. Manual replacement of
> impacted binaries and then reboot (with changed PATH to UNIX standards),
> plus to try image-update at least. This could exercise ksh93 a bit more
> (with ksh93 to be be /usr/bin/ksh on it, I think).
That sounds good.
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