SUMMARY: lockd patches with 4.1 for PC-NFS

From: Tony Martindale (Tony.Martindale@vuw.ac.nz)
Date: Thu Jun 25 1992 - 03:56:27 CDT


  The original message was:

      We have an SLC running SunOS 4.1 serving a network of PC's running
    PC-NFS (3.0.1 and 3.5). We have run into some locking problems with
    PC applications, so I am going to install the lockd patch that came
    with PC-NFS 3.5 (we are currently running the patched versions that
    came with 3.0.1). This patch says:

    #
    # The intent is to have a new lockd installed that is consistent with
    # SUN's CTE level 6 lock daemon.
    #

      My questions are:

            Is there a later version lockd patch for 4.1?
            If so is it worth installing, what does it fix?
            Does it work with PC-NFS 3.0.1/3.5/4.0?

  The answers:

        1. Is there a later version lockd patch for 4.1?

  Yes, 100075-08, covers 4.1, 4.1.1 and 4.1.2. I have acquired it,
and will install and test shortly.

        2. If so is it worth installing, what does it fix?

  Yes, lots of things. As Glenn Satchell put it:

> Yes, when you see the README you will think "how can there be so many
> bugs and the thing still (sortof) works?". Seriously there are many
> bugs fixed in the later revisions, so you should get the latest patch.

        3. Does it work with PC-NFS 3.0.1/3.5/4.0?

  Since patched versions of lockd etc come supplied with PC-NFS I was
concerned that some patches may be PC-NFS specific. However most
respondents felt that there should be no problems running later lockd
patches with any of the PC-NFS versions. It appeared that a couple of
people had installed the patch and were running PC-NFS without
difficulties.

  Thanks to:

Vincent Everett <vincent.everett@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk>
Mike Raffety <miker@sbcoc.com>
trudel@cs.rutgers.edu
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Dave Wilmot <dawi@is-rocker.gwl.com>
kalli!glenn@fourx.aus.sun.com (Glenn Satchell)

Tony Martindale Computing Services Centre,
email: tony@rata.vuw.ac.nz Victoria University of Wellington,
phone: +64 4 495 5051 P.O. Box 600, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND.



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