Stephan Wiesand wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I created SL4 packages for the latest OpenAFS release candidate, 
> available from http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/~wiesand/SL4/openafs-1.4.0rc6/
> 
> 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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