[OpenAFS-port-freebsd] Problems on 5.2-R

[Nathan A. Cosgray]

Just in case this info is useful to others, I was eventually able to 
compile openafs 1.3.63 on 5.2-R with the following steps:

# /stand/sysinstall
   - Choose 'Configure'
   - Choose 'Distributions'
   - Choose 'src'
   - Choose 'sys' and then choose 'OK', and 'OK' again.
   - Choose an FTP site to download the sources from. Skip the network
     configuration if prompted. After the install is complete, choose the
     'Exit' options until you exit sysinstall.
# cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
# config GENERIC
# cd /usr/ports/AFS/openafs-1.3.63
# ./configure --with-afs-sysname=i386_fbsd_52 --enable-transarc-paths \
   --with-bsd-kernel-headers=/usr/src/sys \
   --with-bsd-kernel-build=/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC
# gmake
# gmake install

Now I'm not seeing fileserver dump core every 5 minutes as was the case 
with version 1.3.52. This is good news to me. But, further testing is 
required. And I'm still not sure whether OpenAFS server on FreeBSD is 
"recommended" or not -- I guess that, like everyone else here, I will 
form my own opinion in time...

thanks
-n.

Jim Rees wrote:

> 1.2.x is way too old for FreeBSD.  You need either the latest 1.3.x or a
> recent source snapshot.
> 
> You can fix your client compilation problem by reading and following the
> instructions in the top README.
> 
> I can't recommend running the server on FreeBSD.  No one is actively
> developing it.
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Nathan A. Cosgray
Windows System Administrator
CSDE Computer Core
ncosgray@u.washington.edu
206-543-2668