In article <vfei9u23ib9ra8@corp.supernews.com>,
Richard.L.Hamilton@mindwarp.smart.net (Richard L. Hamilton) wrote:

> In article <uafqwqGdYw9+IAE9@pillar.turnpike.com>,
> Ian Bell <ianbell@turnpike.com> writes:
> > In article <3ef6f3f1$0$49116$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, posted on Mon, 23
> > Jun 2003 and read in comp.sys.sun.admin, Casper H. S. Dik
> > <Casper.Dik@Sun.COM> wrote:
> >>Ian Bell <ianbell@turnpike.com> writes:
> >>
> >>>In article <844b1161.0306201100.121ab69c@posting.google.com >, posted on
> >>>Fri, 20 Jun 2003 and read in comp.sys.sun.admin, KP
> >>><monster@thirstylizard.org> wrote:
> >>>>Don't forget to put the full path to the name of the file you want to
> >>>>rotate as the last parameter of the logadm command!
> >>
> >>>Thanks, but this has been confirmed as a known bug in Solaris 9 (and
> >>>still in Solaris 10 Beta), but not one that has yet been addressed. I
> >>>will try and make sure it is addressed soon :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>It's bug "4763519 logadm fails to rotate > 2GB files" which is
> >>fixed in the current internal incantation of S10.
> >
> > How can Solaris 9 users best get hold of a fixed logadm?
>
> From what I've heard before, Sun typically fixes bugs first in the release
> under development, _then_ in the current release, and perhaps after that
> in the older still supported releases. I think which older release gets
> fixed when may be affected somewhat by who/how influential (in terms of $$
> of contracts involved)/how many is/are asking for which. (the $$ factor
> could be said to be equivalent to larger numbers of folks asking for the
> same thing, and the bottom line is the proper focus anyway, so don't take
> it as a slam, it's not meant that way)
>
> To get a patch before it's released, you probably need a support contract,
> and to bug them to give you a temporary or "point" patch. And that will
> probably have to be installed so that it does _not_ throw away the old
> files, that is to say so that it _can_ be rolled back, 'cause you may have
> to roll it back to properly install the real patch when it becomes
> available.
>
> Of course, I _could_ be all wet about any or all of the above, and no
> doubt if that's true, someone who actually knows will correct the
> misinformation.

What's the big problem here? Aren't there freeware applications that do
the job in place SUN's broken version? Perl had CPAN modules to do this
sort of thing a couple years ago.

If SUN's version is busted and you don't have a contract, why don't you
use one of those? Waiting 6 months for a contract t-patch seems like a
waste of time.

Just fix it and move on...

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