OpenAFS on FreeBSD Progress (Works)

[Ben Kaduk]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Palle Girgensohn <girgen at pingpong.net> wrote:
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> --On fredag, fr 12 dec 2008 21.28.19 +0300 Boris Samorodov <bsam at ipt.ru>
> wrote:
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>> Boris Samorodov <bsam at ipt.ru> writes:
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>>> "Tony Jago" <afs at spam.t71.org> writes:
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>>>>>> I'd like to create two separate ports: openafs-server and
>>>>>> openafs-client. But I don't know right now how to do it.
>>>>
>>>> I would also recommend a openafs metaport that combines the client and
>>>> the server.
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>>> What's the purpose of this port? I understand when a big collection
>>> of ports (like xorg, gnome, etc.) are combined together.
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>> Replying to myself. Seems I found out why this port may be needed:
>> Both server and client have common files (i.e. should be marked
>> as have CONFLICTS and can't be installed with each other).
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> You don't need a meta port, you a client and a server port, and let the
> client install all common files, and let the server depend on the client,
> which is reasonable anyway.

We have a couple of servers here (MIT SIPB) that aren't running clients.
As the guy who installed them reasoned, it's just another thing that might
go wrong.

I think that separate client, server, and meta packages is perfectly reasonable.

-Ben Kaduk