[3102] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: SIPB Installer Bugs: Custom Install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Garry Zacheiss)
Thu Oct 12 12:40:13 2000
Message-Id: <200010121640.MAA23133@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 12:03:42 EDT."
<sjmr95mxd0h.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:40:05 -0400
From: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>
>> Interesting. Does attach actually try to stat the locker in question?
>> Or if it's AFS will it just automatically make the symlink? I don't
>> recall offhand.
yes, it will attempt to stat the locker in question, and will fail if
it doesn't exist. I tested the code in question by booting one of my
athena machines without AFS and attempting to run the local-netscape
script, and it does the right thing and fails gracefully when afs isn't
present.
>> This also doesn't help if you stay logged in such that the machine
>> doesn't reactivate (such as a laptop).
I don't think I understand how reactivate is relevant; the nightly
sync script is run from cron and will run regardless of whether there is
a user logged in.
Garry
