[OpenAFS] FSFS Subversion repository on OpenAFS 1.3.84 problems

[Matt Benjamin]

Blake,

You should be able to host a webdav repository, from a Linux cm using the
byte-range lock patch (RT), I believe.

Doesn't change the situation wrt multiple clients using file-based
access--only whole-file locking in that case.

Matt

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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Christof Hanke wrote:

> Blake Atkins wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >	We are running a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 AFS fileserver with several
> >Windows XP and Linux clients.  Both the OpenAFS server and clients are all
> >version 1.3.84 and authentication is handled by KerberosV.  We have a
> >Subversion repository that is being served via OpenAFS and it is problematic.
> >OpenAFS on the linux workstations usually requires a restart to see some or
> >all changes to the repository made by other workstations.  OpenAFS on the
> >Windows XP clients occasionally requires a restart due to an inability to
> >access some files within the repository; access fails with an error message:
> >"The system cannot find message text for message number.....".
> >
> >	Though I have not been able to locate it, I recall reading a post to this
> >list about a similar problem with CVS + AFS.  I believe the solution was a
> >patch to the client source.  I'm about to try downgrading the server and
> >clients to 1.2.13.  Is anyone else using either 1.2.X or 1.3.X OpenAFS with
> >Subversion successfully?
> >
> >Thanks very much,
> >
> >
> >
> Hmmm, just a quote from the subversion-book:
> """
> Other options can be listed with svnadmin help. As opposed to CVS,
> subversion is not based on RCS, but rather on the Berkeley Database.
> Make sure not to install a repository on remote file systems, like NFS,
> AFS, or Windows SMB. The database requires POSIX locking mechanisms,
> which these file systems do not support.
> """
>
> Also, see the threads about byte-range locking earlier in this list.
> Boiled down, I wouldn't do that.
>
> -Christof
>
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