From owner-cvs-all Mon Feb 16 03:01:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA22781 for cvs-all-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 03:01:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA22770 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 03:01:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA05869; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 02:59:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802161059.CAA05869@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Andreas Klemm cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , James Raynard , committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: merging of various /usr/src/contrib things to -stable; wanted? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:07:26 +0100." <19980215150726.07686@klemm.gtn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 02:59:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > And what would be very nice to get fixed is the problem with > the scsi driver that causes amanda to fail. I have the problem > here with -current, but I think this is also true for -stable. Can you be a lot more specific about this problem? Which particular SCSI driver is the problem? What are the symptoms? What PR numbers apply to this problem? > I'm currently in the situation, that people start to trust me, that > FreeBSD would offer advantages, but the folks have written so many > admin scripts that completely rely on the SYSVish > {user,group}{add,del,mod) utilities. And a working network backup > solution is crucial for us. I believe you indicated that you had wrappers in progress for 'pw' that handled the altered syntax. I also seem to recall you offering to send me syntax details for the commands that you want to emulate. > I think these areas would be worth to bring into 2.2.6 to help > people to migrate to FreeBSD even if they started with *nux. At least as a port/package so that people that don't want the system polluted with foreign commands don't have to. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message