Thanks for the help.  Using -X works like a charm.

John Fisher


On 16-Aug-2002 Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
> Known bug. glibc contains a bug regarding reading directory contents
> over NFS (it internaly interprets some opaque values). Nothing
> we can fix in our compat code.
> 
> mount_nfs -X should help you with this (see BUGS section of compat_linux(8)).
> 
> Jaromir
> 
> J. D. Fisher & wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am not quite sure if I found a bug or not.  And I'm not sure if there is
>> really anything anyone can really do about it if there is one.  But I would
>> like
>> to know if anybody else might be having the same problems.  Or if anyone has
>> any comments or suggestions about it.
>> 
>> It seems that when staroffice (so51a_lnx_01.tar) uses the suse_*-7.3 and
>> tries
>> to view a nfs mounted directory, it will only show you some of the files and
>> directories under that mount point.  But when I did a pkg_delete on the
>> suse_*-7.3 (listing of the files I deleted are shown below), and then make
>> install for the suse_*-6.4 packages (listing of the files I installed are
>> below), staroffice was able to see the files and directories without any
>> problem.
>> 
>> Now this operation was being done on NetBSD 1.6_BETA5 from
>> "ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-1-6/tar_files/src/".
>> The dates on the files I downloaded were "Sat Aug 10 01:28:00 2002".
>> If that helps.  But it doesn't seem to be a problem with NetBSD 1.6_BETA5.
>> 
>> 
>> If I can provide any more information please email me.
>> 
>> John Fisher
>> jdf@rse.com
>> 
>> 
>> By the way, I tried to compile openoffice-0.0.0.641nb1 and got this:
>> 
>> ===> Building for openoffice-0.0.0.641nb1
>> /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvfb :2 &
>> ulimit -d `ulimit -H -d`;tcsh -c "setenv DISPLAY '':2''; cd
>> /usr/local/src/pkgsrcstuff/pkgsrc/misc/openoffice/work/oo_641_src/config_offi
>> ce/
>> .. && ./bootstrap && source *.Set && dmake"
>> ./bootstrap: Command not found.
>> *** Error code 1
>> 
>> 
>> suse_*-7.3 Packages
>> --------------------
>> suse_audio-7.3
>> suse_base-7.3
>> suse_compat-7.3
>> suse_glx-7.3
>> suse_gtk-7.3
>> suse_libc5-7.3
>> suse_libjpeg-7.3
>> suse_libpng-7.3
>> suse_linux-7.3
>> suse_x11-7.3nb2
>> suse_xforms-7.3
>> 
>> suse_*-6.4 Packages
>> --------------------
>> suse_audio-6.4
>> suse_base-6.4nb5
>> suse_compat-6.4
>> suse_glx-6.4nb1
>> suse_gtk-6.4
>> suse_libc5-6.4
>> suse_libjpeg-6.4nb1
>> suse_libpng-6.4
>> suse_linux-6.4
>> suse_x11-6.4nb1
>> suse_xforms-6.4
>> 
>> 
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> E-Mail: J. D. Fisher & <jdf@rse.com>
>> Date: 16-Aug-2002
>> Time: 11:40:35
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>            http://www.NetBSD.org/
> -=- We should be mindful of the potential goal, but as the tantric    -=-
> -=- Buddhist masters say, ``You may notice during meditation that you -=-
> -=- sometimes levitate or glow.   Do not let this distract you.''     -=-


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E-Mail: J. D. Fisher & <jdf@rse.com>
Date: 16-Aug-2002
Time: 16:39:44

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