Weren't security related patches always "secret" ? But to be honnest, the 147440- serie of patches has been a real plague... We have been sticking to -02 as it was in the CPU and at least, I hope was more seriously tested than the others... Getting the daily reports on OS alerts is very stressing too, hoping to never see 147440-02 listed as broken and withdrawn like a few others in that serie...
Regards Gael On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Dennis Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> I guess really the question is, can MOS and Oracle be trusted to provide a >>> kernel patch that won't make things far worse? >> >> I can't answer that, but I agree in that the bug descriptions >> have become pretty useless recently (since Oracle took over?). >> Like revision 04 of 145080 ("SunOS 5.10: Firefox 3 patch") which >> reads: >> >> Problem Description: >> 7030533 problem with Firefox browser >> >> Never would've guessed that the patch for firefox would fix a >> problem with firefox. >> >> Martin. > > Well I am fine with "problem with NFS - see bugid 6549871" if > and only if the bugid offers some clear information. What we > have now is a production OS where the patch updates to something > minor, like the kernel, are a total mystery. I don't like "magic" > patches and mystery bugids. > > It seems clear to me that no one is at the helm of the software > maintenance ship and certainly there is no quality control anymore > in the Solaris OS department. > > In truth I have no idea what bugids were addressed in the recent > kernel patch and some of the bugids I do see are from bug reports > filed back in 2004 and 2005. > > https://supporthtml.oracle.com/ep/faces/secure/km/BugDisplay.jspx?id=6216670 > > On the other hand some bugids are perfect and even have source code : > > https://supporthtml.oracle.com/ep/faces/secure/km/BugDisplay.jspx?id=4491376 > > https://supporthtml.oracle.com/ep/faces/secure/km/BugDisplay.jspx?id=7030516 > > Anyway, I am just really frustrated with the way Oracle has handled > a world class OS. Seriously, do they do this with Oracle Database too? > > > Dennis > > > > -- > -- > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x1D936C72FA35B44B > +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ > | Dennis Clarke | Solaris and Linux and Open Source | > | [email protected] | Respect for open standards. | > +-------------------------+-----------------------------------+ > > -- Gaël Martinez
