Bug 534755 (RHQ-1520) - Documentation needs to outline availability/lack of `readlink` in solaris.
Summary: Documentation needs to outline availability/lack of `readlink` in solaris.
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: RHQ-1520
Product: RHQ Project
Classification: Other
Component: Documentation
Version: 1.2
Hardware: All
OS: All
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Assignee: RHQ Project Maintainer
QA Contact: Corey Welton
URL: http://jira.rhq-project.org/browse/RH...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-02-10 16:46 UTC by Corey Welton
Modified: 2009-06-12 21:52 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: 1.2
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Corey Welton 2009-02-10 16:46:00 UTC
`readlink`, which we are using to determine the originating path for rhq-agent binaries, does not exist on some/most stock Solaris installs.  Apparently many admins go and download this (and other unix utils) from Sunfreeware.  That said, it doesn't exist by default, so we'll need to document this requirement and/or any limitations.

Recommended text:

<!> Solaris Admins:  Symbolically linking the rhq agent binaries requires invocation of `readlink` in "rhq-agent-wrapper.sh".  However, `readlink` is not supplied by default in some Solaris installations.  Solaris users must either download `readlink` from a third party provider (such as Sunfreeware), or refrain from symbolically linking the agent binaries, when using the wrapper script.


Comment 1 Heiko W. Rupp 2009-02-16 10:01:22 UTC
Moved to Docs queue

Comment 2 Ian Springer 2009-06-12 21:52:02 UTC
Note, this is also an issue on HP-UX, which also does not include readlink out-of-box. It also may be an issue on AIX - this needs to be checked.



Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2009-11-10 20:34:50 UTC
This bug was previously known as http://jira.rhq-project.org/browse/RHQ-1520
This bug is related to RHQ-1752



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