Hi On Dec 2, 2007 12:50 PM, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The unthinkable has happened: SunOS backwards compatibility has been broken. > > Broken: > > `uname -a` returns some funky "opensolaris bla bla bla" string instead of the > standard > SunOS hostname 5.11 snv_## i86pc i386 i86pc. > > Broken: > root's home directory is in /root; this is a SEVERE ERROR. We're not on > Linux, and this isn't Linux land! >
This is debatable ... Can you provide pros and cons for this from your point of view? > Broken: > all my System V compliant packages are no longer installable, instead > `pkgadd` exits with exit code 1 (fatal error), because > /var/sadm/install/contents is empty. > I believe that will be fixed. > Broken: > after the installation, the system was rendered unbootable. I had to go into > the BIOS and play Russian roulette (I have four identical drives) to find the > drive "Indiana" was on, and edit GRUB lines with the correct "root (hd3,0,a)" > to be able to boot. No trace of detecting Windows XP professional on my first > drive (this is a documented issue though, but the first one isn't). > Same as previous. > Broken: > even after editing /boot/grub/menu.lst, GRUB still "wouldn't take"; changes > weren't visible in the GRUB boot menu. > > Broken: > default shell given to root and to myself is /bin/bash; this is a SEVERE > ERROR (the worst of all). Not only do I not want to have to go and modify the > system to remove that bash GARBAGE of a shell, it's unacceptable to have to > do that for every engineering cycle of a new build. > Yes, why we don't have Bourne or KornShell93 as default. I vote against Bash. This is really terrible. > As an added "bonus", we'll have BASH garbage scripts, incompatible with > Bourne-family shells, be encouraged and propagate -- on Solaris. The future > looks just LOVELY in that respect. Same, I hate bash too. > > If this is the future that awaits us, I shudder at it. If I wanted to run a > *UNIX-like* operating system, I'd go ahead and run that GNU/Linux garbage, > not SunOS! > > :( -- Lukas 'Luc' Oboril IRC nickname: luc^ at freenode When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotions, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity. Dale Carnegie _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
