Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 02:59:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, James Raynard <jraynard@demon.co.uk>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: merging of various /usr/src/contrib things to -stable; wanted? Message-ID: <199802161059.CAA05869@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:07:26 %2B0100." <19980215150726.07686@klemm.gtn.com>
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> 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.
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