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maybird1776 | 1 Dec 15:29
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Re: any news on blastwave and opencsw

--- In solarisx86 <at> yahoogroups.com, dick hoogendijk <dick@...> wrote:
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> Time has gone by.
> At this point in time what is the best option for pkg-get: packages
> from blastwave or is opencsw more supported?
> 
> I don't want to start a dispute on both places. I just hope to get 
some
> information on the flow on both sites.
> 
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> Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D

No dispute as OpenCSW is a fork of legacy Blastwave. Packagewise, you 
can get updated FOSS/GNU packages from either source (i.e. a good 
thing).

OpenCSW focuses on porting and supporting all FOSS and GNU software on 
Sun Solaris 8. This means all SVR4 package formatted packages are 
MAINLY ported and tested on Sun Solaris 8.

Blastwave expands from OpenCSW in FOSS/GNU IPS/SVR4 packaging and 
supporting Sun Solaris 8/9/10 and OpenSolaris development.

A few of the sys admins and maintainers support both efforts. The
management may have changed, but the engineers tend to swim in the 
same ocean.

The nice thing is that the packages from both pools are 'compatible'
unlike many other packaging build farms...
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Stuart Biggar | 1 Dec 19:09
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X4150 Solaris 10 preload - /etc/system entries

I recently got an X4150 (EDU promo version) that
came preloaded with Solaris 10 (5/08 s10x_u5wos_10 X86).
I added patches after configuring it and then added
SunRay server.  Seems to run nicely so far :-)

It delivered with only two lines not commented out
in /etc/system:

set tod_validate_enable=0
set tod_validate_enable=0

Is there a reason for it to be repeated?  Searching
a bit it seems that this is for preventing clock
problems on multi-CPU or multi-core machines.  Is
this still a good idea for a fully patched Solaris
x86 update 5 on a machine with dual quad-core CPUs?
I'll probably upgrade to U6 soon ...

I do get an error reported on the console at boot
about tod_validate_enable but it didn't make it
into messages so I can't quote it.  So I wonder
if I should comment out the repeated line?

Also, on the SunRay mailing list, it was suggested
to set hires_tick to 1 when using SunRay 4.1 on x86.
Any reason not to do that?

Thanks,

Stuart
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Ian Collins | 1 Dec 19:33
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Re: X4150 Solaris 10 preload - /etc/system entries

Stuart Biggar wrote:
> I recently got an X4150 (EDU promo version) that
> came preloaded with Solaris 10 (5/08 s10x_u5wos_10 X86).
> I added patches after configuring it and then added
> SunRay server.  Seems to run nicely so far :-)
>
> It delivered with only two lines not commented out
> in /etc/system:
>
> set tod_validate_enable=0
> set tod_validate_enable=0
>
>   
These lines are not present on x4500 or x4540's.
>
> Also, on the SunRay mailing list, it was suggested
> to set hires_tick to 1 when using SunRay 4.1 on x86.
> Any reason not to do that?
>
>   
I've been using that as the default on my systems for years without any
issues.

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Matt Banks | 1 Dec 19:44
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Re: X4150 Solaris 10 preload - /etc/system entries


On Dec 1, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Ian Collins wrote:

> Stuart Biggar wrote:
> > I recently got an X4150 (EDU promo version) that
> > came preloaded with Solaris 10 (5/08 s10x_u5wos_10 X86).
> > I added patches after configuring it and then added
> > SunRay server. Seems to run nicely so far :-)
> >
> > It delivered with only two lines not commented out
> > in /etc/system:
> >
> > set tod_validate_enable=0
> > set tod_validate_enable=0
> >
> >
> These lines are not present on x4500 or x4540's.
>

Nor are they present in a "fresh from DVD" install of Sol 10 5/08 on  
an x4150, x4240, or x4450. (We never use the preloaded OS.)

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dick hoogendijk | 1 Dec 22:59
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OpenSolaris 2008.11

OSOL-2008.11
The final release is there. I'll check it out. My expectations are very
high. I do hope to see few bugs ;-)

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Tim Evans | 1 Dec 23:06

Re: OpenSolaris 2008.11


dick hoogendijk wrote:
> OSOL-2008.11
> The final release is there. I'll check it out. My expectations are very
> high. I do hope to see few bugs ;-)

Would you know if the 'pkg image-update' process will pull down this
upgrade, or does it need doing separately?  Thanks.

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dick hoogendijk | 1 Dec 23:32
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Re: OpenSolaris 2008.11

On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:06:30 -0500 (EST)
"Tim Evans" <tkevans <at> tkevans.com> wrote:

> dick hoogendijk wrote:
> > OSOL-2008.11
> > The final release is there. I'll check it out. My expectations are
> > very high. I do hope to see few bugs ;-)
> 
> Would you know if the 'pkg image-update' process will pull down this
> upgrade, or does it need doing separately?  Thanks.

I wouldn't know. Sorry.
I do know that the Grub menu from the CD is not correct.
It still mentions 2008.11RC2 ;-(

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Dave Miner | 2 Dec 00:28
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Re: OpenSolaris 2008.11

dick hoogendijk wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:06:30 -0500 (EST)
> "Tim Evans" <tkevans <at> tkevans.com> wrote:
> 
>> dick hoogendijk wrote:
>>> OSOL-2008.11
>>> The final release is there. I'll check it out. My expectations are
>>> very high. I do hope to see few bugs ;-)
>> Would you know if the 'pkg image-update' process will pull down this
>> upgrade, or does it need doing separately?  Thanks.
> 

Yes, it will, the current bits in the repository correspond to this release.

> I wouldn't know. Sorry.
> I do know that the Grub menu from the CD is not correct.
> It still mentions 2008.11RC2 ;-(
> 

It is correct.  RC2 == 2008.11.  We didn't rebuild to modify the menu.

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rogerfujii | 2 Dec 06:28

Re: any news on blastwave and opencsw

--- In solarisx86 <at> yahoogroups.com, "maybird1776" <maybird1776@...> wrote:
> No dispute as OpenCSW is a fork of legacy Blastwave. Packagewise, you 
> can get updated FOSS/GNU packages from either source (i.e. a good 
> thing).

Not sure how one parses the first sentence... :)  What is clear is
that the blastwave infrastructure from the web is completely broken -
updated packages don't match the package version in the package list,
nor does the bug database exist, but, due to a huge update on the 26
of Nov., blastwave seems to have more current packages at the moment.
 If drives would stop dying on me, I'd write something that would do
either....

-r

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rogerfujii | 2 Dec 06:41

Re: s10 service plans

--- In solarisx86 <at> yahoogroups.com, Adrian Saul <asaul@...> wrote:
> I was refering to the period where Sunsolve patch download was open 
> access for the recommended bundles and all you needed to get sunsolve 
> article access was put one machine under a bronze contract.

Aside from not having recommended bundles anymore, how is the
situation any different now (aside from sun making more money back
then %-) )?

> Third party support vendors were abusing it by on selling Sun
support by using grey 
> market and ebay spares and fixing software issues by pulling the patch 
> bundles down from Sunsolve - at substantially cheaper rates than Sun 
> offered.  I saw that first hand as both a employee and customer of Sun.

True.  Though one has to consider whether it's worthwhile closing off
that hole, but run the risk (or in sun's case, actually doing it) of
pissing off the paying base by instituting a patch scheme that is
flaky. ..

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