[illumos-Developer] [REVIEW] sundry fixes to packaging (845, 847, 853, 854, 856, 858, 860)

[Garrett D'Amore]

It is weird, but that is the legacy.  Longer term we should be able to rely on sh being posix compliant.

Gordon Ross <gordon.w.ross at gmail.com> wrote:

>Most of this looks fine to me.  One question:
>
>Why not leave the symlink for /usr/xpg4/bin/sh
>in usr/src/pkg/manifests/system-xopen-xcu4.mf
>with the other links?  (and maybe /usr/xpg4/bin)
>
>This bit from issue 853 seems a bit strange:
>"When in a POSIX-y frame of mind, system(3C) will use /usr/xpg4/bin/sh"
>I would expect system(3C) to run /usr/bin/sh
>possibly with options to force "POSIX-y" behavior, if necessary.
>
>thanks,
>Gordon
>
>
>On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Richard Lowe <richlowe at richlowe.net> wrote:
>> I'd like review for:
>>
>>  845 xpg4/bin/sh should move back to SUNWcs
>>  847 post* manual pages made obsolete by #111 should be removed
>>  853 system/library is missing references to some license files
>>  854 postscript filter EOF missed some bits
>>  856 SUNWcs should deliver /export and /home
>>  858 text/doctools should have dependencies on things man(1) needs
>>  860 storage/storage-server shouldn't depend on zfs-auto-snapshot
>>
>> webrev:
>>
>>  http://richlowe.net/webrevs/il_853/
>>
>> Each bug id is a separate changeset.
>>
>> some notes:
>>
>>  853:  These existed _solely_ to provide information in various
>> metadata[1] (initially osol source drops, then packaging), it turns
>> out that a script Garrett added to automatically build that metadata
>> obviates the need for static copies.  So I'm reviewing them, rather
>> than referencing them in the package and adding a duplicate copy to
>> the metadata.
>>
>>  854:  The removals here include references to postbgi, apparently
>> removed even longer ago, or perhaps never shipped.
>>
>>  860:  The package got renamed, normally we'd want to depend on the
>> new name, but the new package is particularly GUI, so it's probably
>> best to drop it
>>
>> -- Rich
>>
>> [1] by CR 6467531 "nightly(1) needs option to generate OpenSolaris delivery"
>>
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