(Andrew File System)

AFS Clients From Oldest to Newest

• afs-3.5-1.i386.rpm (discontinued)
  This was my very first real rpm that I built. It worked well but you couldn't upgrade it. You had to remove it and then install the next release. It worked with Fermi Linx 5.2 and had support for any kernel 2.2 and up, though the only real kernel modules were for 2.2.2 and 2.2.3.
• afs-3.5-2.i386.rpm (discontinued)
  fixes the /usr/afsws link.
• afs-3.5-3.i386.rpm (discontinued)
  really fixes the /usr/afsws link.
• afs-fermi-3.5-1.i386.rpm (Fermi Linux 5.2)
  The rpm was renamed to afs-fermi for licensing reasons. We wanted to differentiate it so that it was for fermilab's clients. There was also new modules added for kernels 2.2.5-15 and 2.2.10. This rpm was also able to be upgraded.
• afs-fermi-3.5-2.i386.rpm (discontinued)
  This includes modules for kernels 2.2.12 and 2.2.12-20, as well as a patched version of insmod that allowed afs to work with SMP kernels (multiprocessor kernels). Because of the insmod in the rpm, all of the releases from release 2 on will not work correctly with Fermi Linux 5.2.
• afs-fermi-3.5-3.i386.rpm (discontinued) - This upgrades the /etc/pam.d (login security) files so that everything that needs a password will get the AFS password as well. (This feature is later pulled out in release 5 in favor of separate rpms) The install and uninstall scripts were slightly modified. One of the modifications was that afs did not automatically start itself after the installation.
• afs-fermi-3.5-4.i386.rpm (discontinued)
  This upgrade trimmed down the now bloated rpm. It got rid of modules for kernels that were not needed, mainly kernels 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.5, 2.2.10 & 2.2.12-20. A bug was found in the installation script for this release which created problems when upgrading to this rpm.
• afs-fermi-3.5-5.i386.rpm (discontinued)
  This release fixed the upgrade bug in release 4. It also fixed the system time problem that was being experienced. It now sync's the hardware clock to the system clock daily, as well as on normal shutdowns. As of this release the /etc/pam.d files are no longer modified. This has been changed in favor of installing the afs-pam rpms. The rpm has also been modified so that doing and rpm--ql shows all the files including the ones that are links built by the install script.
• afs-fermi-3.5-6.i386.rpm (Fermi Linux 6.1.1 and 6.1.1a)
  This release fixes a bug in the daily script to sync the hardware and software clock. It has the latest CellDB in the rpm. It also includes the update_afs_cellservdb.pl pearl script. This script will sync the client CellDB with that of the afs server if needed, updating any cells that need to be. The script is linked to the cron.daily upon an AFS start, and the link is removed on a AFS stop.
• afs-fermi-3.5-7.i386.rpm (Fermi Linux 6.1.2, RedHat 6.2)
  This release has the fixed insmod taken out. That is because insmod was fixed properly in the RedHat 6.2 release, so when we put OUR fixed insmod in, it breaks everything. A way to tell if you need this or if you should use release 6 is to do a 'rpm -q modutils'. If modutils is release 2.1.x then you should use afs-fermi-3.5-6, if it is release 2.3.x or above, then you should use afs-fermi-3.5-7
• afs-fermi-3.5-8.i386.rpm (Fermi Linux 6.1.1 and 6.1.2)
  This release modifies the startup scripts to check to make sure you can see the server before actually trying to start the client. If it can't find the servers, it also makes sure that you don't run the update_afs_cellserv pearl script. When starting, it also makes sure that your module link is pointing in the right spot.
• afs-fermi-3.5-10.i386.rpm (Fermi Linux 6.1.1 and 6.1.2)
  This rpm is the first non-beta rpm of afs-fermi 3.6. It contains kernel modules to support the whole line of Fermi Linux 6.x releases. The reason there were so many beta releases of afs-fermi-3.6 was because Transarc was having problems with the 2.2.19 kernel and we were receiving their beta releases and trying them out. This is the release with the stable, production release of Transarc's AFS 3.6.