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Stephan Wiesand wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I created SL4 packages for the latest OpenAFS release candidate,
> available from http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~wiesand/SL4/openafs-1.4.0rc6/
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> Besides the srpm, there are binary packages for i686 and amd64. The
> clients received some light testing and seem to work well on both UP ans
> SMP. The servers have not been tested yet.
>
> The list of changes w.r.t. the 1.3.82 coming with SL4.1 looks long, but I
> think they're all minor, and everything should be compatible. Many of
> the changes make our packages more similar to the "official" ones for
> RHEL4 by Derek Atkins, and I of course borrowed from those (as well of
> the packages for RHEL4 made by Chris Wing).
>
> One incompatible future change we could consider would be to split the
> init script into ones for client and server. Not only because it makes
> sense IMHO, but also because that's what is done in the packages
> available from openafs.org. Opinions?
>
Yes, split them. I always felt a little wierd having both the server
and the client script be the same script.
> There are still bugs being fixed between release candidates, hence it
> would be a good thing if SL4 users could help finding them, and I think
> rc6 is worth a try.
>
I'll give it a try ... at least for the client.
> Cheers,
> Stephan
>
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