Re: Informix 5.0.UD1 on Solaris 2.1

In article <C6H4wH.56w@cwi.com> tony@cwi.com (Tony Chang ) writes: >Informix OnLine 5.0.UD1 under Solaris 2.1 >I ran into some problems with the above configuration recently. >Specifically when I ran the following commands, a segmenetation >fault would be caught hence the core dump. > >The response from the support engineer working with me was that >the version of Informix that I am running with has a bug (#16449) >in accessing information from the NIS server as a result, the >above symptom. The workaround he recommended is to eliminate the >use of NIS (formerly known as Yellow Pages). As this is not >acceptable as a workaround in my opinion, he offered to put us >on the escalation list for the bug fixes. He later called and >explained an Informix policy indicating that we were not eligible >to be added to the escalation since we only had an evaluation >copy for the particular version of Informix. > >I have some questions: > >1) Has anyone seen this bug? How do you workaround the problem? There is a simple *claimed* workaround: just add the sqlexecd's service name to /etc/services on the affected machine. (I can't try it myself) >2) Is this policy for real? What kind of impression would it give > to their prospects? > > Well, we evaluated Informix, it would have been a great > product, if it works, but it does not and Informix will not > fix it soon unless we pay first? No, I'd guess the point is that by the time they could build and completely test a new port, your eval period would likely be over anyway. Nobody's questioning that it's a serious problem, but given the simple workaround (for a small development / eval situation such as yours), I wouldn't think that an escalation would be warranted. Any maintenance port for 5.00 would just delay the 5.01 port for that same platform by several weeks; I'd say having 5.01 available first would be better for everyone. >Thanks for your comments! >-- >Tony Chang email: tony@cwi.com >Database Engineer phone: (714) 453-2200 ext. 241 >CaseWare, Inc., Irvine, CA -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland Disclaimer: These opinions are mine alone. If I am caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of my actions. "But you know what? There's another point that I'd like to make: it's very possible that Adolf Hitler kept a very nice check book. You know? I mean, and that's fine." -- Barbara Boxer, 10/24/92