Arla on FreeBSD 5.5

[Jerry McAllister]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:59:06PM +0200, Gernot Hueber wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> Jerry McAllister writes: 
> 
> >On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 11:25:51AM +0200, Harald Barth wrote: 
> >
> >>
> >>> > #  ===> arla-0.40 is marked as broken: "compiles but overwrites files
> >>> > #  from a dependancy (security/heimdal)". 
> >>> > 
> >>> Recent arla-releases should work with FreeBSD 5.5, but 0.40 isn't 
> >>exactly
> >>> the latest. 
> >>
> >>As the current arla release (0.43) works this is more of a question to
> >>the packager than to the arla team. 
> >>
> >>> I'm not very representative; I just grab the arla and heimdal sources 
> >>and
> >>> compile and install them. The default paths are different from the
> >>> ports/packages and don't conflict at all :)
> >
> >I finally did just that although I installed Heimdal from the ports
> >and then grabbed the latest Arla (0.43) from the site and it built
> >and installed with only a whine or two, but nothing that stopped it.
> >It seems to be a working client now, on FreeBSD 5.5. 
> >
> >I hope it gets fixed for FreeBSD 6.xx soon, though.
> The 6.x issue is more tricky, due to that the vfs/vnode locking behaviour 
> changed. I had a loadable nnpfs.ko, but access to the /afs/* ended in a 
> kernel panic due to a locking issue... 

Yes, I got OpenAFS to build and appear to install happily on FreeBSD 6.1, 
but also had it panic - or more specifically just freeze - the kernel 
when I attempted to do anything with a directory or file.   It started 
to complain about the lock and froze.  I presumed that was the same
reason Arla marked as broke on FreeBSD 6.xxx.   I wish I knew more 
about it and could fix it, but really don't know enough.

////jerry
 
> regards 
> 
> Gernot 
> 
> 
> >The maintainer is listed as:  tarc at tarc.po.cs.msu.su
> >who is not someone I know. 
> >
> >////jerry 
> >
> >>I don't know what the ports maintainers have done to neiher heimdal
> >>nor arla or if it is just a question of "done nothing" for a long
> >>time, but if you just take heimdal (currently 0.7.2) and arla
> >>(currently 0.43) "as is" from the sources it compiles and works. I'd
> >>suggest the ports maintainers should do the same, as all modifications
> >>they add they will have to maintain. 
> >>
> >>I guess the freebsd port maintainer for arla is on this list. Hi! We'd
> >>like to hear more from you here. 
> >>
> >>Harald.
>