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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:05:13 +0200
From:      Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de>
To:        fs-list freebsd <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>
Cc:        afs-list freebsd <freebsd-afs@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: AFS on FreeBSD 8?
Message-ID:  <4BC2F059.2090201@janh.de>
In-Reply-To: <x2x994ac8b91004090536scd3794b3w9ba27c548f587065@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <4BBEE3E7.8040201@janh.de> <x2x994ac8b91004090536scd3794b3w9ba27c548f587065@mail.gmail.com>

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> On 4/9/10, Jan Henrik Sylvester<me@janh.de>  wrote:
>> [Repost from freebsd-questions as I was told to ask here.]
>>
>> I tried to get an AFS client on my 8.0-RELEASE (or 8-STABLE) system.
>>
>> What is the status of AFS on FreeBSD?
>>
>> Neither OpenAFS nor Arla seem to be in ports.
>>
>> I found the freebsd-afs mailing list with many posting from 2008/Dec but
>> nothing from 2009 or 2010. The port-freebsd list on openafs.org has
>> nothing newer, either.
>>
>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/afs has instructions for Arla, but the build
>> fails on 8.0-RELEASE.
>>
>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/afs-server seems to be even older.
>>
>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/AFS_using_OpenAFS_%2B_Arla gives me: "You are
>> not allowed to view this page."
>>
>> Is there anything more current that I missed?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jan Henrik

On 04/09/2010 14:36, aditya sarawgi wrote:
 > Hi,
 > openafs-client is not stable on freebsd 8, or 9 but i think it is
 > usable on freebsd 7.X.

That was my impression from the sources I found, too. Unfortunately, all 
my machines are running 8.0-RELEASE or 8-STABLE.

I wonder what happened to the effort on freebsd-afs (Cc) that had an 
abrupt end at the end of 2008. Has the port been given up?

Cheers,
Jan Henrik



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