[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

[Volker A. Brandt]

> The problem is always legacy stuff.  If you change the behaviors then 
> expect that things that people wrote for Solaris to fail.  For example, 
> napp-it, webmin, etc.

You are quite correct.
 
> The only acceptable solution for me is to put all the Linux compatible 
> stuff somewhere and let the sysadmin decide whether he wants to put that 
> first in the PATH.  Isn't this how Solaris handled the BSD equivalents 
> (/usr/ucb/).  I used that until I got comfortable with the SysV 
> replacements when we migrated from SunOS to Solaris.

That would be one solution to the problem.  But it seems that the
argument of the Linux-over-Legacy-Solaris factions is that this
should be shipped enabled, and taking precedence.

I guess it boils down to the question:  Should OI remain true to
the "old" Solaris, or should it run after the Linux crowd that
doesn't bother with OI anyway?   My opinion can be derived from
the way I phrased the question. :-)


Regards -- Volker
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