Thx !

Anyone with a better tool than syspatch to  trigger errors on the reorder ?

dan

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To: dan <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
Date: May 13, 2026 03:15:29
Subject: Re: shelling game on reorder after first boot

> "while true;" can be dangerous if the inner loop doesnt do much - it can be 
> hard to break (ctrl-c, etc.), especially over a remote condition
> 
>>   ret=`syspatch 2>/tmp/_coffeebreak; cat /tmp/_coffeebreak | wc -w`
>>   if [ $ret = 0 ]; then
>>     break
>>   else
>>     echo "zzz"
>>   fi
>>   sleep 1
> 
> and you have this fine sleep 1 right here thats supremely easy to break out 
> of.  Normally a sleep up front isn't ideal, but for low values,

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