[csw-maintainers] cswclassutils install failed

[rupert THURNER]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 23:05, Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:50:31PM +0200, rupert THURNER wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 22:39, Peter Bonivart <bonivart at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:17 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> >> we would need to make a request. as we have 1000 machines, and only a
>> >> few of them run opencsw it would be denied.
>> >
>> > Why would it be denied? It's not like it would hurt the machines not
>> > using CSW, it's something like a 20 KB package containing 10 files
>> > which has to be specifically called to do anything.
>> >
>>
>> because all machines look the same on the base layer. and upgrading
>> all machines is a major thing. and waiting for the next operating
>> system release as well (because it takes so much time).
>>
>> it was already difficult to get the /opt/csw mountpoint.
>>
>> but i'll try :)
>>
>
> If it's a "these things change only once a year, if you're LUCKY" thing...
> then it would almost be worse to be stuck with an older version of the
> thing.
> your requested change should be more along the lines of "please install a
> symlink to point to /etc/csw/[somehackplace]" so that you can deploy
> updates to the class utils in a timely fashion.

will do. but will this be sufficient, as the error was:
/etc/opt/csw/init.d/csw.smf.sample
...
pkgadd.ORG: ERROR: unable to open
</usr/sadm/install/scripts/i.cswcpsampleconf> for writing: (30)
Read-only file system

or this was more the kind of follow-up error?

>
> But i think you'll probably be best off trying my "treat as read-only
> /opt/csw nfs share" approach.

here every machine is installed separately, but this is quite
automated. i am not aware that we use nfs. currently we install in a
writable area, and then mount into /opt/csw as stated in your
description. which works very good.


rupert.