> On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 10:30:52AM +0300, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > > > It is nearly impossible to compile a large software package on a NFS > > mounted > > partion on potato, when it is exported by Solaris 2.6 (UltraSPARC). A > > search > > in Deja News (Solaris NFS patch in comp.os.linux.*) found a couple of > > controversal postings. After installing the patch recommended by Linus > > > > 105379-05 > > > > (& stopping and starting the NFS-server on Solaris) the problems did not > > disappear. > > > > To illustrate the problem, I use the cvs source package and compile it on a > > local disc. Works well. > > > > Now I do it on an NFS mounted partition: > > > > $debuild > > [...] > > gcc -I. -I.. -I. -I../lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c vers_ts.c > > gcc -I. -I.. -I. -I../lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c subr.c > > gcc -I. -I.. -I. -I../lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c filesubr.c > > gcc -I. -I.. -I. -I../lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c run.c > > gcc -I. -I.. -I. -I../lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c version.c > > gcc -I. -I.. -I. -I../lib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c error.c > > gcc -I. -I.. -I. -I../lib -I../zlib -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -c ./zlib.c > > gcc add.o admin.o buffer.o checkin.o checkout.o classify.o client.o > > commit.o > > create_adm.o cvsrc.o diff.o edit.o entries.o expand_path.o fileattr.o > > find_names.o hardlink.o hash.o history.o ignore.o import.o lock.o log.o > > login.o logmsg.o main.o mkmodules.o modules.o myndbm.o no_diff.o > > parseinfo.o > > patch.o rcs.o rcscmds.o recurse.o release.o remove.o repos.o root.o rtag.o > > scramble.o server.o status.o tag.o update.o watch.o wrapper.o vers_ts.o > > subr.o > > filesubr.o run.o version.o error.o zlib.o ../lib/libcvs.a ../diff/libdiff.a > > -lz -lcrypt -o cvs > > checkin.o: file not recognized: File truncated > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[2]: *** [cvs] Error 1 > > > > The error message is missleading, it is nearly random per run! > > > > Is anybody using potato with NFS exported Solaris partitions? Which patches > > did you apply? Did you try to compile large programs? Hello world programs > > work! > > We were having the same problem, but with NFS AIX. Here at [EMAIL PROTECTED], > we are using AIX and Solaris for NFS servers. Trying to compile trivial > programs worked, but something like cvs source failed with the same > errors you have there.... only on the AIX servers running NFSv3. We > went to 2.2.7 with the NFS 3 patches, the problem went away... >
I forget to say, that I am running # uname -a Linux rai16 2.2.7 #1 Mon May 10 15:53:20 CEST 1999 i686 unknown Where do I get these NFS 3 patches from? Thanks. -- Rainer Dorsch Abt. Rechnerarchitektur e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Uni Stuttgart Tel.: 0711-7816-215 -- Rainer Dorsch Abt. Rechnerarchitektur e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Uni Stuttgart Tel.: 0711-7816-215