Scott Rotondo wrote: > Darren Reed wrote: >> Updated spec below. >> >> Darren >> >> This project seeks micro/patch binding. >> >> Problem >> ======= >> The /etc/project file has been delivered (PSARC/1999/119) but its >> delivery did not define how we would add and name new projects, >> only that the numbers less than 100 were reserved. In addition, >> it did not offer full support of the features found in the project >> utilities such as prctl(1). >> >> Namespace >> ========= >> Now that the file has been shipped for a number of years, we need >> to make reasonable guesses about what customers may have done since >> its delivery. One such guess is that they may have created projects >> with names similar or the same as SMF FMRIs or executables with which >> they are associated. Thus in creating a new project to be shipped by >> default, using a name such as "login" or "init" or "inetd" cannot be >> considered to be without risk. >> >> To provide us with the required flexibility for future enginering, >> this case proposes that all project names starting with "SUNW" be >> reserved and that they are not to be used by customers to define >> their own projects. This limitation needs to be documented in >> updates to project(4) and projadd(1M). > > Don't you want to update this paragraph to reserve the svc.<name> > namespace instead?
Yes, my apologies. Missed that! Darren
