Christopher Tidy wrote:

> Eventually I fixed the problem. I had various old versions of "cdrw"
> saved on a large external hard disk (when I've done a re-install in
> the past, I've copied everything onto the disk). When I got back to a
> copy dated 2002 I got a working "bytes written" output.
>
> So it looks like a bug in "cdrw". How do I file a bug report with Sun?

Another weird thing I noticed is this: I had two copies of "cdrw" on
the external hard disk, which were both created using the same Solaris
installation CD, but they're different sizes:

bash-2.05# cd /backup/oldsys1/usr/bin
bash-2.05# ls -l | grep cdrw
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 60876 Sep 16 2004 cdrw
bash-2.05# cd /backup/oldsys2/usr/bin
bash-2.05# ls -l | grep cdrw
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 52976 Apr 6 2002 cdrw
bash-2.05#

Can anyone explain why the binaries are different sizes, when I used
the same installation CD to install Solaris?

Best wishes,

Chris

Christopher Tidy wrote:
> Christopher Tidy wrote:
>
> > Eventually I fixed the problem. I had various old versions of "cdrw"
> > saved on a large external hard disk (when I've done a re-install in
> > the past, I've copied everything onto the disk). When I got back to a
> > copy dated 2002 I got a working "bytes written" output.
> >
> > So it looks like a bug in "cdrw". How do I file a bug report with Sun?
>
> Another weird thing I noticed is this: I had two copies of "cdrw" on
> the external hard disk, which were both created using the same Solaris
> installation CD, but they're different sizes:
>
> bash-2.05# cd /backup/oldsys1/usr/bin
> bash-2.05# ls -l | grep cdrw
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 60876 Sep 16 2004 cdrw
> bash-2.05# cd /backup/oldsys2/usr/bin
> bash-2.05# ls -l | grep cdrw
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 52976 Apr 6 2002 cdrw
> bash-2.05#
>
> Can anyone explain why the binaries are different sizes, when I used
> the same installation CD to install Solaris?

Forget it. I remember patching that system now.

But I'd still like to know how to report the current bug to Sun.

Best wishes,

Chris

In article <578fidF2bm6deU13@mid.individual.net>,
Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>Try the latest Express, Gnome 2.16 is a (very) big improvement in
>stability and performance.

Roughly when do you expect that to migrate to the "standard"
solaris 10?

Thanks,

David

David Combs wrote:
> In article <578fidF2bm6deU13@mid.individual.net>,
> Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Try the latest Express, Gnome 2.16 is a (very) big improvement in
>>stability and performance.
>
>
> Roughly when do you expect that to migrate to the "standard"
> solaris 10?
>
Maybe never, I don't think Sun like changing the desktop version between
updates. There are a lot of other changes (HAL for instance) that come
along with the latest JDS.

If you want the latest on your desktop, go for Solaris Express.

--
Ian Collins.