> To Sun: how about adding a progress counter for install_cluster?
>
> At the moment you just see
>
> Installing 110723-06...
> Installing 110460-30...
>
> or similar. What about?
>
> Installing 110723-06 (104 of 128)...
> Installing 110460-30 (105 of 128)...
>
>
> Could install_cluster also provide a better exit code
> report than just the exit code? The various codes
> (e.g. 2, 8, ...) have meanings, so why not print out the
> explanatory text too?

I think the MU installation scripts do both progress
and error report. I do not know why this has not
been ported to the install_cluster.
If the install_cluster script is always the same (I think
all it does is basically run patchadd for every patch in
patch_order) you could edit the script, save it elsewhere
and run your copy for every patch cluster instead of the
bundled one.

>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:49:33 GMT,
>> "Oscar del Rio" <delrio@mie.utoronto.ca> said:

> I think the MU installation scripts do both progress and
> error report. I do not know why this has not been
> ported to the install_cluster. If the install_cluster
> script is always the same (I think all it does is
> basically run patchadd for every patch in patch_order)
> you could edit the script, save it elsewhere and run
> your copy for every patch cluster instead of the bundled
> one.

It does seem to be fairly standard, but I thought I'd
spread the joy amongst y'all :-)

It's such a trivial addition, and at least IMHO would add
so much good-vibe-feeling to the process.

(Someone from Sun already contacted me and said they'd
submitted a feature request for it.)

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