Re: [cobalt-users] OS Upgrade related

[Will DeHaan <null@xxxxxxx>]

Matt Brown wrote:
> 
> > If anyone modified the index.html file in
> > /etc/skel/group/en_US/web (this is used to
> > create the "new" domain home page), it appears
> > the OS upgrade wiped out your file and
> > installed the cobalt default .html
> 
> Yes, really annoying .. why Cobalt must insist on resetting the skel dir to
> defaults is beyond me.
> 
> This seems to happen on most Cobalt updates.... why Cobalt ? Why ?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Matt Brown

All rhetoric aside...

This is an artifact of Cobalt's software structure.  Cobalt will revise
an RPM and wrap RPMs up into package files.  If one bug fix is made in a
large RPM like ui-raq, then all ui-raq files will be updated, the RPM
database will reflect the new version, and your changes are lost...  

The newer software architecture called Sausalito (on Qube 3) uses 400+
rpms, each minor UI component is made up of 8-10.  When Cobalt patches
the Qube 3, they are able to correct module-specific code with minimal
impact on the rest of the system.

While Sausalito doesn't mean much to all you RaQ 3/4 users, Cobalt is
making more flexible distributions to avoid frustrations like these.


	-- Will


-- 
Will DeHaan
Software Engineer              will.dehaan@xxxxxxx
Sun Cobalt Server Appliances.  Sun Microsystems, Inc.