Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:40:37 -0500 From: "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: "Palle Girgensohn" <girgen@pingpong.net> Cc: Alec Kloss <alec@setfilepointer.com>, freebsd-afs@freebsd.org, "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net>, Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> Subject: Re: OpenAFS on FreeBSD Progress (Works) Message-ID: <47d0403c0812121540u43349dedr96a8af0c63b3fe8a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DC87E29101195307B372C4F5@c-3157e155.1521-1-64736c12.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se> References: <493ACAC4.5020806@linuxbox.com> <12501719@bb.ipt.ru> <493D898C.1030609@linuxbox.com> <22B6C509EF7C4AB0A2D8350C31BB8D5D@valentine> <57098597@bb.ipt.ru> <26695644@bb.ipt.ru> <DC87E29101195307B372C4F5@c-3157e155.1521-1-64736c12.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se>
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> wrote: > > > --On fredag, fr 12 dec 2008 21.28.19 +0300 Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> > wrote: > >> Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> writes: >>> >>> "Tony Jago" <afs@spam.t71.org> writes: >>> >>>>>> 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. >>> >>> What's the purpose of this port? I understand when a big collection >>> of ports (like xorg, gnome, etc.) are combined together. >> >> 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). > > 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
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