[2721] in Athena Bugs
attach errors with multiple file system records
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Saltzer)
Mon Aug 7 13:39:03 1989
From: saltzer@src.dec.com (Jerry Saltzer)
Date: 7 Aug 1989 1022-PDT (Monday)
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
When Hesiod returns more than one file system record for a single
name to attach, attach properly cycles through the records looking
for one that it can successfully attach. However, it suppresses
display of error messages from all but the last file system tried.
This suppression occasionally leads to very puzzling results, and
it also means that the user loses warnings of trouble. It should
probably display all intermediate error messages, perhaps with a
note indicating that all hope is not (yet) lost.
"Attach: No response from Xerxes.mit.edu"
"But wait, there is something else we can try. . ."
Jerry
