[OpenAFS] Precompiled 1.4.6 binaries for AIX 5.3: Problems due to different build mode
Derrick Brashear
shadow@gmail.com
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:29:27 -0500
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Unintentional. I'll get new binaries online. Sorry.
On Dec 21, 2007 10:12 AM, Markus Alt <altmark@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> yesterday I've installed 1.4.6 from the precompiled rs_aix53.tar.gz
> tarball on an AIX 5.3 machine (client only first for testing). However
> during the next reboot, the start of AFS via /etc/rc.afs from within
> /etc/inittab failed.
>
> afsd complained about not being able to read files from the
> configuration directory /usr/local/etc/openafs. That's true, because the
> machine has its AFS stuff in the Transarc style paths (i.e. config files
> in /usr/vice/etc) and the /usr/local/etc/openafs directory does not
> exist at all.
>
> I could get it going by adding "-confdir /usr/vice/etc" to the options
> for afsd in /etc/rc.afs, but still e.g. klog fails with
>
> "klog: error reading cell database Can't get local cell name!".
>
> I wonder whether it is intentional that the precompiled binaries
> obviously use different directories than the previous releases. Looking
> at the "strings" output for some of the 1.4.6 binaries for AIX, it seems
> that the new release has been built in default mode instead of Transarc
> mode. If this switch has been made by intention, then it should be noted
> somewhere IMHO. If this has happened by mistake, could then someone
> please provide an updated tarball?
>
> On a side note: It seems that the new stuff has been built with umask
> 077, thus permissions need to be adjusted after installation for
> world-readable/executable files (klog, tokens, etc.). It would be
> helpful if it could be built with umask 022 again (as before). Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>
> --
> Markus Alt
> IBM Lab Boeblingen, Germany
> altmark@de.ibm.com
>
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Unintentional. I'll get new binaries online. Sorry.<br><br><br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote">On Dec 21, 2007 10:12 AM, Markus Alt <<a href=3D"mail=
to:altmark@de.ibm.com">altmark@de.ibm.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); marg=
in: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi folks,<br><br>yesterday I've installed 1.4.6 from the precompiled rs=
_aix53.tar.gz<br>tarball on an AIX 5.3 machine (client only first for testi=
ng). However<br>during the next reboot, the start of AFS via /etc/rc.afs fr=
om within
<br>/etc/inittab failed.<br><br>afsd complained about not being able to rea=
d files from the<br>configuration directory /usr/local/etc/openafs. That=
9;s true, because the<br>machine has its AFS stuff in the Transarc style pa=
ths (
i.e. config files<br>in /usr/vice/etc) and the /usr/local/etc/openafs direc=
tory does not<br>exist at all.<br><br>I could get it going by adding "=
-confdir /usr/vice/etc" to the options<br>for afsd in /etc/rc.afs, but=
still=20
e.g. klog fails with<br><br>"klog: error reading cell database Can'=
;t get local cell name!".<br><br>I wonder whether it is intentional th=
at the precompiled binaries<br>obviously use different directories than the=
previous releases. Looking
<br>at the "strings" output for some of the 1.4.6 binaries for AI=
X, it seems<br>that the new release has been built in default mode instead =
of Transarc<br>mode. If this switch has been made by intention, then it sho=
uld be noted
<br>somewhere IMHO. If this has happened by mistake, could then someone<br>=
please provide an updated tarball?<br><br>On a side note: It seems that the=
new stuff has been built with umask<br>077, thus permissions need to be ad=
justed after installation for
<br>world-readable/executable files (klog, tokens, etc.). It would be<br>he=
lpful if it could be built with umask 022 again (as before). Thanks.<br><br=
>Regards,<br>Markus<br><br>--<br>Markus Alt<br>IBM Lab Boeblingen, Germany
<br><a href=3D"mailto:altmark@de.ibm.com">altmark@de.ibm.com</a><br><br>---=
-----------------------------------------------<br>IBM Deutschland Entwickl=
ung GmbH<br>Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martin Jetter<br>Gesch=E4ftsf=
=FChrung: Herbert Kircher
<br>Sitz der Gesellschaft: B=F6blingen<br>Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stut=
tgart, HRB 243294<br>--------------------------------------------------<br>=
<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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