Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:36:11 +0200 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Damian Sobieralski <dsobiera@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Arla Message-ID: <20041023183611.GC2303@eucla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20041014200557.52243.qmail@web50405.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041014200557.52243.qmail@web50405.mail.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thursday, 14 October 2004 at 13:05:57 -0700, Damian Sobieralski wrote: > > I hope this is the correct place to post this. I'm a recent convert > to FreeBSD (about 2 years ago). I'll spare the details (potential flame > bait). I'll just say it is so nice to have ONE distribution of my O/S > and leave the inferences to what I was using before as an exercise to > the reader :) Anyways, using the very well maintained ports I have > never had any troubles. However, I am on a fact finding mission. > > I have been digging around the 'Net looking for AFS client > information for FreeBSD. It appears OpenAFS does not run on FreeBSD > and many point to Arla. I visited the project's homepage and I noticed > that it stated that FreeBSD 5.2.1 is a specifically supported (my > version) system. I tried to make the port and noticed it was listed as > "broken" (as well as several errors after I type "make" in > /usr/ports/net/arla). So without wasting any more time on the mailing > list then need be- what is the status of Arla on FreeBSD? Is there a > working port for 5.2.1? Or a more general question- if one has a 5.2.1 > machine (i386) and wants AFS client connectivity- what options are > available to him (if any)? First, sorry if this arrives after other more useful messages. I'm travelling in Europe, and it could be up to a week before I can send this message. I've been looking at ARLA, and it seems that it's broken as a result of some changes in the bio layer of FreeBSD 5 and 6. The breakage is minor, but to fix and test it I need to do a certain amount of work, and that won't happen until mid-November at the earliest (I won't be home until 7 November). You might like to contact me (privately) round then for an updated status. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041023183611.GC2303>