ctlmp/ctlconvert_txt EOF request [PSARC/2007/365 closed approved fast-track 10/05/2007]

[Suresh Chandrasekharan]

This is timed out and approved on 10/05/2007 with the following TCRs.

Following mechanisms will be used for alerting the customers of the  EOF.

1. The EOF notice a message "ctlmp: This utility will be removed from 
future Solaris release. Please use mp(1) print filter or another 
suitable printing mechanism instead" will output to stderr for each 
invocation of ctlmp.

For ctlconvert_txt
"ctlconvert-txt: This utility will be removed from future Solaris 
release. Please use mp(1) print filter or another suitable printing 
mechanism instead".

2. For ctlmp user can prepare for the upgrade by making use of mp(1) 
print filter in places where ctlmp is used inside a script. For 
ctlconvert-txt the part of the script which converts text to 
presentation forms and then piping to a print filter need to be replaced 
by mp(1) filter. Will be documented in the release notes.

Regards,
Suresh


James Carlson wrote:
> Suresh Chandrasekharan writes:
>   
>>>>> If there's customer action required, is this something that customers
>>>>> can do (prior to upgrade) on existing S10 and S9 systems when the EOF
>>>>> notice is released?  Or is it an upgrade-break-fix cycle?
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>> Is there an answer to these questions?  Can the user prepare for this
>>> change, or does the system just break on upgrade?
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> For ctlmp user can prepare for the upgrade by making use of mp(1) print 
>> filter in places where ctlmp is used inside a script. For ctlconvert-txt 
>> the part of the script which converts text to presentation forms and 
>> then piping to a print filter need to be replaced by mp(1) filter. Will 
>> be documented in the release notes.
>>     
>
> OK; thanks.  That's what I was looking for.
>
>