Arla on FreeBSD 5.5

[Gernot Hueber]

Jerry McAllister writes: 

> 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.

 From my experience the OpenAFS server works on any recent FreeBSD whereas 
the client never did or at least not stable. 

Gernot 


> 
> ////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. 
>>