[install-discuss] patchadd is sloooow

2009-09-06 Thread casper....@sun.com
>This seems to be a direct result of Solaris' insistence that /bin/sh >or /sbin/sh is the one true shell, even though /bin/ksh (which has >built-in echo) has been part of the required minimum installation for >every currently supported release of Solaris. In OpenSolaris, /bin/sh >and /sbin/sh is

[install-discuss] patchadd is sloooow

2009-09-06 Thread casper....@sun.com
>Thomas Maier-Komor wrote: >> BTW: is there already a fixed plan how Solaris 11 (or whatever is next) will >> deal with patches? Live upgrade is very convenient. But patching itself is still slow... > >The new packaging system doesn't use patches at all. It simply upgrades >only the files that

[install-discuss] patchadd is sloooow

2009-09-06 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 4:24 AM, wrote: > > >>This seems to be a direct result of Solaris' insistence that /bin/sh >>or /sbin/sh is the one true shell, even though /bin/ksh (which has >>built-in echo) has been part of the required minimum installation for >>every currently supported release of Sola

[install-discuss] patchadd is sloooow

2009-09-05 Thread casper....@sun.com
>patchadd is taking very long to perform its actions. As far as I am >concerned PSARC 2009/173 (turb ocharged SVr4 package commands) doesn't >make any difference. So I took a short look at what patchad d is >actually doing. While running, it performs about 70k filesystem ops/s. >Additionally, it p

[install-discuss] patchadd is sloooow

2009-09-05 Thread michael schuster
Thomas Maier-Komor wrote: > Hi, > > please feel free to redirect me to the correct discussion list. This > subject is probably only Solaris specific as patchadd does not exist in > OpenSolaris... indeed (but I don't know *where* to redirect you to, sorry - Services, perhaps? ;-); nevertheless, a

[install-discuss] patchadd is sloooow

2009-09-05 Thread Shawn Walker
Thomas Maier-Komor wrote: > BTW: is there already a fixed plan how Solaris 11 (or whatever is next) will > deal with patches? Live upgrade is very convenient. But patching itself is > still slow... The new packaging system doesn't use patches at all. It simply upgrades only the files that have

[install-discuss] patchadd is sloooow

2009-09-05 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Thomas Maier-Komor wrote: > Hi, > > please feel free to redirect me to the correct discussion list. This subject > is probably only Solaris specific as patchadd does not exist in OpenSolaris... If you have a support contract, perhaps a good place to bring this up

[install-discuss] patchadd is sloooow

2009-09-05 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Hi, please feel free to redirect me to the correct discussion list. This subject is probably only Solaris specific as patchadd does not exist in OpenSolaris... patchadd is taking very long to perform its actions. As far as I am concerned PSARC 2009/173 (turbocharged SVr4 package commands) doesn