[3097] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: SIPB Installer Bugs: Custom Install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Garry Zacheiss)
Thu Oct 12 11:11:57 2000
Message-Id: <200010121511.LAA22364@sweet-transvestite.mit.edu>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
cc: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>, Karl Ramm <kcr@1ts.org>,
Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "12 Oct 2000 11:03:38 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:11:54 -0400
From: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>
>> This goes back to my statement about making a usable machine that
>> doesn't have ready AFS access. Attachandrun is useless without AFS.
>> Moira is perfectly usable without AFS. Why can't we copy moira out of
>> AFS at install-time just like you copy Netscape?
Who said anything about copying netscape out of AFS at install time?
There's a cron job (/etc/athena/local-netscape is the script) which
brings a portion of the infoagents locker local nightly; the script also
provides hooks for the infoagents maintainers to disable both the
nightly sync'ing and the use of the local copy.
The issue with local moira clients is that they change, fairly
frequently even, and that in the past old clients haven't played so well
with a newer server. That's not as bad as it used to be now, thanks to
the query versioning that's been implemented, but I still don't like the
notion of installing local clients on someone's machine at install time
and then never updating them again.
I wouldn't object to something like what is done for netscape, with a
nightly update, but it seems like a significant local mod to maintain in
our own installer.
Garry
