[OpenAFS] AFS evaluation - Leopard client

Derrick Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Fri, 14 May 2010 20:43:18 -0400


1.5.74 will solve the panic for Leopard, but 1.5.74.1 has some  
improvements. I suppose I could build it for you for Leopard when I  
get home

Derrick


On May 14, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Rick Cochran <rcc2@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Derrick,
>
> Thanks for your quick response.  Nice to be back in touch after my  
> long
> AFS absence.
>
> On 05/14/2010 05:30 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
>> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Rick Cochran <rcc2@cornell.edu>  
>> wrote:
> ...
>>> MacOS client (both 1.4.12 and 1.5.73)
>>>
>>>   * There is no uninstaller.
>> there's one in the dmg, and has been since about 1.4.6
>
> Duh.  No wonder I couldn't find it!
>
>>>   * If the installation requires a restart (which it says it does),
>> it doesn't require one. recent installers should also not say it  
>> does.
>
> Missed that.  But which versions should I be using - the maintenance
> releases which say "RECOMMENDED", or the features releases?
>
>>> Kernel panic
>>>
>>> To reproduce:
>>>
>>>  1. In the System Preferences OpenAfs panel, click Shutdown.   
>>> Nothing
>>> happens.
>>>  2. Any additional action (click Shutdown again or restart MacOS)  
>>> causes a
>>> panic.
>> fixed in 1.5.74. you want  that or 1.5.74.1 anyway. not 1.5.73, to  
>> be sure.
>> Many more details on the mac client here:
>> http://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/port-darwin/2010-February/001270.html
>
> http://openafs.org/macos.html shows different versions of the AFS  
> client
> for different versions of MacOS.  How does a fix in 1.5.74.1 (for Snow
> Leopard) help me with a problem in Leopard?
>
> -Rick
>