Wargo does a rant (was Re: [geeks] Cool Mac deals...)

[Ken Hansen]

The Solaris Companion Software CD installation tool only works with Solaris
8, April, 2001 or later - the install I did was on a box with Solaris CD
from before then.

I knew I needed Solaris 8, but only the most recent revision? That is a bit
steep - I don't think you can even patch/upgrade the installer components on
older builds (IIRC they are not broken, just different from the latest
revision).

I knew to stick with Solaris 8 Bill, jeez!

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Wargo does a rant (was Re: [geeks] Cool Mac deals...)


> > I tried to install the Solaris Companion Software CD using the GUI, and
it
> > hung, repeatedly on several systems. It is a know problem with an
> > incompatability with older versions of Solaris.
>
> Uhm.. thats why it only comes with Solaris 8?
>
> > Older Versions of Solaris meand any release of Solaris released before
> > April, 2001! Bung-holes - could they figure out a patch? In their
defense,
> > pkgadd works fine...
>
> Never had a problem with it myself.  I only use it to install GCC, which I
> then use to re-compile gcc from scratch.  I dont like trusting other
people's
> binaries.



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