[OpenAFS-devel] Proposal for capabilities support in Unix client 1.4.x

Derrick Brashear shadow@gmail.com
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:49:06 -0400


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On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Jason Edgecombe <jason@rampaginggeek.com>wrote:

> Marc Dionne wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Ken Hornstein<kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I think that historically, head and 1.5.x have simply scared
>>>> developers into using 1.4 as a base.  I recall a period of close to a
>>>> year (maybe more) where head wouldn't even build on Linux when rxtcp
>>>> was in there, and 1.5 was usually not that much better.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> rxtcp was always on a branch; if you selected that branch, you should
>>> have
>>> known what you were getting in to.
>>>
>>> --Ken
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You're right that it wasn't rxtcp, I think it was
>> bringing-rx-into-21st-century-20060504 which was later taken out of
>> head with taking-rx-back-into-the-20th-century-20061228.
>>
>> My point was not the specific breakage (there were surely other things
>> as well), but more the fact that at least on Linux, head was not
>> buildable for quite a long time.
>>
>>
> Do the tinderbox test boxes help to alleviate this?


Yes, somewhat.

Any idea what's wrong with HPUX? Me either. Compiler SEGVing isn't really
something one can sensibly do something with.

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Jason E=
dgecombe <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jason@rampaginggeek.com">j=
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<div class=3D"im">Marc Dionne wrote:<br>
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On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Ken Hornstein&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:kenh@c=
mf.nrl.navy.mil" target=3D"_blank">kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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I think that historically, head and 1.5.x have simply scared<br>
developers into using 1.4 as a base. =A0I recall a period of close to a<br>
year (maybe more) where head wouldn&#39;t even build on Linux when rxtcp<br=
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was in there, and 1.5 was usually not that much better.<br>
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rxtcp was always on a branch; if you selected that branch, you should have<=
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known what you were getting in to.<br>
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--Ken<br>
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You&#39;re right that it wasn&#39;t rxtcp, I think it was<br>
bringing-rx-into-21st-century-20060504 which was later taken out of<br>
head with taking-rx-back-into-the-20th-century-20061228.<br>
<br>
My point was not the specific breakage (there were surely other things<br>
as well), but more the fact that at least on Linux, head was not<br>
buildable for quite a long time.<br>
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Do the tinderbox test boxes help to alleviate this?</blockquote><div><br>Ye=
s, somewhat.<br><br>Any idea what&#39;s wrong with HPUX? Me either. Compile=
r SEGVing isn&#39;t really something one can sensibly do something with. <b=
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