[OpenAFS] Re: pts -expandgroups vs -supergroups

Jason Edgecombe jason@rampaginggeek.com
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:04:19 -0400


Michael Meffie wrote:
> Andrew Deason wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:07:41 -0400 Jason Edgecombe
>> <jason@rampaginggeek.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Can I use that patch against the 1.4.x tree?
>>
>> Probably; I don't imagine pts code is very different. If it's
>> something that would be considered appropriate for 1.4, submit
>> the cherry pick to gerrit. Or Mike or I could do it (or...
>> anyone).
>>
>>
>>> Can I use the 1.5.x pts with that patch on a 1.4.x client with
>>> 1.4.x servers?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> The backport to 1.4.x is trivial, the only thing to watch for is
> the new prototypes in ptuser.h due to the code reformatting
> between 1.4.x and 1.5.x in that header. However, this is strictly
> a change to the pts client, so yes, 1.5.x pts works against
> your 1.4.x server.
cool, thanks.

Jason