Re: SRSS 3.0 and 118979-01

From: Scott Howard (scott_at_hunterlink.net.au)
Date: 10/17/05


Date: 17 Oct 2005 20:46:43 GMT

Martin Paul <map@par.univie.ac.at> wrote:
> Patch 118979-01 for SRSS 3.0 requires all users to log out, stopping
> all SunRay services and rebooting the SunRay server machine (according
> to the patch README).
>
> I'm mostly interested in getting the new firmware onto the SunRay clients,
> for better scroll wheel support. Rebooting the server would have to wait
> until the next maintenance window.
>
> Is it safe to install the patch without restarting SunRay services ?

The short version is "who knows". It's not tested, and not supported.
It's quite possible that there are changes to the firmware that require
changes on the server side, or vice versa. Or it might work. Or it might
not...

> If that's possible, it would be nice to separate the SRSS patch into
> two patches in the future - one for the client firmware, and one
> for the SRSS software.

For the same reasons as above I can't see this happening. If it did, then
I'd all but guarantee that you'd need to install both patches together
anyway.

  Scott



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