Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: NTP

2007-03-24 Thread Boyd Adamson
Sorry to revive an old thread, but did anything ever come of this? The project pages exist, but only minimally. On 5/11/06, Rainer Orth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We propose the creation of an NTP project on OpenSolaris.ORG, affiliated with the Nevada and Device Driver communities. While histor

[osol-discuss] Re: Update to B60 ?

2007-03-24 Thread Horvath
Thank you all for the info. I upgrade my Solaris by using the 1 method described above. I'll try to setup luupgrade later on. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Proposal to include dirfd(3C) into OpenSolaris

2007-03-24 Thread Joerg Schilling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Linux started to support openat() recently and for this reason, > >the best way of implementing a portable way of directory search without > >path length limitation is to use: > > > >ndfd = openat(dfd, "dname", O_RDONLY); > >close(dfd); > >dfd = ndfd; > >dp = fdopendi

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Proposal to include dirfd(3C) into OpenSolaris

2007-03-24 Thread Casper . Dik
>Linux started to support openat() recently and for this reason, >the best way of implementing a portable way of directory search without >path length limitation is to use: > >ndfd = openat(dfd, "dname", O_RDONLY); >close(dfd); >dfd = ndfd; >dp = fdopendir(dup(dfd)); Interesting is, of course, th

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Proposal to include dirfd(3C) into OpenSolaris

2007-03-24 Thread Joerg Schilling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Either approach (opendir()/dirfd() or open()/fdopendir()) > >might be handy on Solaris or anything else that has openat(), > >for use with multithreaded programs. > > > (To be honest, our next revision of rm will store both an fd and a DIR*; > with dirfd() it would

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Proposal to include dirfd(3C) into OpenSolaris

2007-03-24 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Richard L. Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > A function like dirfd() is probably needed for > > completeness and > > compatibility, though I wonder what people are using > > it for > > Supposedly to do an opendir() then convert the result to > something they could use with fchdir(

[osol-discuss] Re: Update to B60 ?

2007-03-24 Thread MC
> Horvath writes: > > How to update to Nevada b60 ? > > Your best option is LU. It allows you to continue to > use the system > normally during the upgrade process, then you can > quickly switch over > after the upgrade is done (and back if you find > problems). *raises hand* Is an online live u

Re: [osol-discuss] lofiadm'ing DVD.iso WAS: Re: Re: Update to B60 ?

2007-03-24 Thread Shawn Walker
On 24/03/07, Martin Bochnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: >Incorrect. >The site just sometimes doesn't update properly for some reason. Latest is always here: http://opensolaris.org/sxce_dvd > The latest available is always there, but releases are sometimes skipped. This

Why a GUI installer? - was Re: [osol-discuss] Re: RE: Solaris on Intel's Classmate PC?

2007-03-24 Thread John Plocher
but I admit I don't know the technical reasons why we have the requirements we have today to begin with. Because responsible folks don't listen to Moinak Ghosh's Belenix minimize_Grub_bootImage - approach? The primary requirements are internationalization (only easy for western alphabets wi

[osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: NWS (Network Storage)

2007-03-24 Thread MC
I don't know what "Storage Management Utilities" includes, but I think that, from the GUI side, there needs to be consideration for home AND enterprise users. IMHO Sun should be launching a Windows Home Server competitor in 2007. Ride the back of their home server marketing and offer an even b

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Proposal to include dirfd(3C) into OpenSolaris

2007-03-24 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Richard L. Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Strictly conformant to the above would therefore be: > > > > #define dirfd(dp) ((dp) ? (dp)->dd_fd : -1) > > > > You'd still crash if you pass an invalid pointer, > > though. > > Regardless of one's opinion on checks for NULL args,

Re: [osol-discuss] lofiadm'ing DVD.iso WAS: Re: Re: Update to B60 ?

2007-03-24 Thread Casper . Dik
>John Sonnenschein wrote: > >>Incorrect. >>The site just sometimes doesn't update properly for some reason. Latest is >>always here: http://op ensolaris.org/sxce_dvd >> >> > >Thank you. > >BTW, the reason why I prefer the dvd image is this: I never burn any >SXCR disk, I just use lofiadm and

Re: [osol-discuss] lofiadm'ing DVD.iso WAS: Re: Re: Update to B60 ?

2007-03-24 Thread Martin Bochnig
John Sonnenschein wrote: Incorrect. The site just sometimes doesn't update properly for some reason. Latest is always here: http://opensolaris.org/sxce_dvd Thank you. BTW, the reason why I prefer the dvd image is this: I never burn any SXCR disk, I just use lofiadm and set up an install s

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Update to B60 ?

2007-03-24 Thread John Sonnenschein
Incorrect. The site just sometimes doesn't update properly for some reason. Latest is always here: http://opensolaris.org/sxce_dvd This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org