On 5/6/06, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote: > ... > > Here's my question, is there a bug ID for this? If so, why can't I > > find it by searching for the keywords like "tftp" "inetconv" > > "libinetsvc" etc. is it because the latest bugs haven't been put on > > bugs.opensolaris.org, or "insufficient" bug description, or I simply > > missed it? > > > > Yes, it's 6408578, and it shows up in the list when I do a b.o.o search > for "inetconv", and right at the top if I use "invalid or inconsistent > fields" in the search keywords; note that it's in "Closed" state now > since the fix has been delivered. > > We know the search function on b.o.o isn't good enough. I don't know > what the current status/plan is for improvements, probably a question > for website-discuss. > > > When we (opensolaris users) hit a problem, we need a convenient way to > > check if it is a known problem. > > > > While we have better tools internally for searching, you'd be surprised > (or not) how much of this sort of question is handled by mail to various > lists, because it's not always easy to find . The best suggestion I > have is to search with the exact message text when you have an error > message, because that'll usually show up in bug reports and get you > close. Questions to lists like this will work most of the time, too. > > Dave >
OK, thanks Dave. So I simply missed it. As to bug database, I wish one day we can see _how_ a bug is analyzed and fixed. I wonder when those (apprently internal records) would be opened, maybe after setup the SCM. But that's another topic. Tao Tao
