(I've cheated and called this a summary, when there was no real
question sent to list. Sorry about that.)
There is a bug in the v5.0 /sbin/installupdate shell script that
causes the upgrade from v5.0 -> v5.0a to fail. This script contains
the following lines:
        FSTAB_READONLY=`
        cat /etc/fstab |
        while read LINE
        do
                set -- $LINE
                for FS in /usr /var
                do
                        if [ "$2" = "$FS" ]
                        then
                            echo $4 | grep -q "ro" &&
                            {
                                        [ "$NEED_AND" ] && echo " and
\c"
                                        echo "$FS\c"
                                        NEED_AND=1
                            }
                        fi
                done
        done`
The grep in this command matches "groupquota" in the /etc/fstab file,
for example:
        # /etc/fstab
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
------
        #
        # Mount all the system specific partitions
        #
        root_domain#root        /               advfs
rw,userquota,groupquota 0 1
        /proc                   /proc           procfs
rw,userquota,groupquota 0 0
        usr_domain#usr          /usr            advfs
rw,userquota,groupquota 0 2
        usr_domain#var          /var            advfs
rw,userquota,groupquota 0 2
        #
I've logged this as a call with Compaq CSC in the UK and engineering
have acknowledged this as a bug. The fix is to either remove the check
from /sbin/installupdate, or to change the shell script to search for
the correct field.
Hope this helps,
                -jon.
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jon morgan
Received on Fri May 12 2000 - 08:14:59 NZST