[shell-discuss] Re: [request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593(/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-06 Thread Darren J Moffat
Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: Yeah, you'll notice that if you try to su to root and run installers that run pkgadd internally. I use this method, and the StarOffice 8 installer failed quite mysteriously until I realized it was just an instance of that problem and

[shell-discuss] Re: [request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593(/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-06 Thread Darren J Moffat
Joerg Schilling wrote: Peter Tribble peter.tribble at gmail.com wrote: I regard this as unsafe and undesirable *as a default*. It clutters up /tmp with unnecessary directories, wastes memory and involves extra code at login. I have no problem with administrators or users doing it if they

[shell-discuss] Re: [request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593(/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-06 Thread Mike Gerdts
On 11/6/06, Darren J Moffat Darren.Moffat at sun.com wrote: While it isn't particularly necessary on machines with small numbers of users if you have every logged into a big Sun Ray machine you would have an idea of just how cluttered /tmp can get with hundreds of users all using the same

[shell-discuss] Re: [request-sponsor] Requesting sponsor for CR# 6488593(/etc/profile should set TMPDIR to /tmp/$LOGNAME/) ...

2006-11-06 Thread Darren J Moffat
Mike Gerdts wrote: On 11/6/06, Darren J Moffat Darren.Moffat at sun.com wrote: While it isn't particularly necessary on machines with small numbers of users if you have every logged into a big Sun Ray machine you would have an idea of just how cluttered /tmp can get with hundreds of users all

[request-sponsor] Re: sponsor request for CR6482159

2006-11-06 Thread Linda Bernal
The bug database has been updated with pci/pci-sw/other, you are able to view these bugs. The report a bug form has also been updated. Let me know if you see any problems. -Linda Linda Bernal wrote: I'm working on this right now. The bug database has been updated, but the report a