On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 05:30:35PM -0400, James Carlson wrote:
> Ceri Davies writes:
> > > /bin is just a symlink to /usr/bin, and if your script must run before
> > > /usr is mount (or must clean up after it has unmounted), then using
> > > /bin/sh is a mistake.
> >
> > So I ask again, why doesn't SMF support using anything other than /bin/sh?
> > It's a bug, right?
>
> If you're talking about /etc/rc*.d, the answer's already been given.
>
> If you're talking about SMF method scripts, then I see no such
> restriction.
>
> > > I've compiled all sorts of code, and rarely run into such cases among
> > > things that haven't been ported to Solaris yet. (And if it's
> > > advertised as having already been ported over, then you shouldn't have
> > > to do _anything_ special, including hacking up rc scripts.)
> >
> > Blah, TSM, blah, Networker... Real world calling, sorry :)
>
> File bugs with them. It can hardly be our fault if other people
> manage to fail at supporting their software.
With this statement, you're pretty obviously not thinking objectively,
so I'm out.
Ceri
--
That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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