1 OpenAFS Release Notes - Version 1.4.7
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3 File servers: Major bugfixes.
4 All systems: Minor bugfixes.
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11 - Kerberos as included in AIX has missing symbols. AFS krb5 tools now
14 - AIX LAM aklog plugin can now be used CDE screenlocker.
16 - Add support for getting the current PAG in pagsh and PAM.
18 - Avoid sending a terminal hangup to STREAMS in aklog.
20 - Fix afsdb support in the client.
24 - Kernels through 2.6.25 are now supported. (77370,88000,83716,83890,80463)
26 - Client now only hashes dirty inodes. (78544)
28 - Fix to avoid returning invalid mount point data when -fakestat-all is in use.
31 - RPM build system updates. (93616)
33 - Restored write-on-close-or-fsync semantics when possible. (17509)
35 - Enabled support for flock() on files in AFS. (53457)
37 - ARM Linux now supported.
39 - Kernel keyring support updated.
41 - Fix client-displayed timestamp ordering by zeroing nanosecond field.
45 - Boot time init script now uses afs.conf to store config options. (81825)
47 - Avoid kernel panic due to excessive lock tracking when removing files.
49 - Avoid leaking kernel memory when trying to read() a directory.
53 - Avoid potential kernel panic if the root vnode of AFS changes.
55 - Avoid potential kernel panic when shutting down if contracts are in use.
57 - Avoid potential delays when creating new PAGs if the system clock
62 - At client shutdown, try harder to clean up in-use resources. (74479)
64 - When fakestat is in use, enable optimization for Gnome Nautilus lookups.
66 - Properly hold lock when updating disk cache metadata to avoid
69 - Avoid wrapping to the start of a file when attempting to write a large file
70 to a pre-largefile fileserver. (73720)
74 - Fixed to avoid truncating ubik databases during recovery. (77183)
76 - fileserver issue with internal file cache filling has been fixed. (87977)
78 - fileserver thread quota enforcement now done in all cases. (87416)
80 - fileserver avoids potential network-related deadlock when breaking
83 - fileserver avoids crash due to race of resource creation and user requests
86 - fileserver avoids crash when reinitializing Ubik connections.
88 - volserver fixed to avoid leaving orphaned files during restore. (46937)
90 - volserver now supports convertROtoRW for inode fileservers.
92 - Support disabling kerberos 4 style username protection in servers. (75101)
96 - Fix to butc to avoid crash due to threaded library variant.
98 - Fix to avoid network retransmission issues if the system clock goes
101 - vos syncvldb and syncserver now support a dryrun (do nothing) mode.
103 - vos addsite now supports adding a site where a replica is already
106 - vos clone now supports creating properly-named readonly and backup clones.
108 - vos restore now allows an older copy of a volume at an alternate site to
111 - cmdebug now supports dumping a client's CellServDB.
113 - cmdebug now supports showing human-readable expiration times.
115 - aklog now handles Kerberos referrals.
117 - Additional documentation now included. (89288,89289,86677)