[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release nfs-utils-1.2.6-2.mga3

Thu Jun 14 10:06:06 CEST 2012

'Twas brillig, and Olivier Blin at 13/06/12 23:28 did gyre and gimble:
+> Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> writes:
+> 
+>> 'Twas brillig, and Guillaume Rousse at 12/06/12 07:26 did gyre and gimble:
+>>> Le 12/06/2012 02:37, JA Magallón a écrit :
+>>>> On 06/12/2012 02:29 AM, JA Magallón wrote:
+>>>>> On 06/11/2012 10:22 PM, guillomovitch wrote:
+>>>>>> Name        : nfs-utils                    Relocations: (not
+>>>>>> relocatable)
+>>>>>> Version     : 1.2.6                             Vendor: Mageia.Org
+>>>>>> Release     : 2.mga3                        Build Date: Mon Jun 11
+>>>>>> 22:21:14 2012
+>>>>>> Install Date: (not installed)               Build Host:
+>>>>>> ecosse.mageia.org
+>>>>>> Group       : Networking/Other              Source RPM: (none)
+>>>>>> Size        : 787418                           License: GPL
+>>>>>> Signature   : (none)
+>>>>>> Packager    : guillomovitch <guillomovitch>
+>>>>>> URL         : http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs/
+>>>>>> Summary     : The utilities for Linux NFS server
+>>>>>> Description :
+>>>>>> This package provides various programs needed for NFS support on
+>>>>>> server.
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>> guillomovitch <guillomovitch> 1:1.2.6-2.mga3:
+>>>>>> + Revision: 259882
+>>>>>> - add exports.d directory
+>>>>>> - use /var/lib/nfs/statd for statd, instead of /var/lib/nfs, as in
+>>>>>> fedora
+>>>>>> - add modprobe config file to alias 'nfs4' to 'nfs'
+>>>>>> - add systemd support
+>>>>>> - drop sysinit support
+>>>>>> - merge client and server package, as per redhat setup
+>>>>>>
+>>>>>
+>>>>> Some weird things happen with this and systemd...
+>>>>> I had nfs server active. After update and reboot, I had no nfs server
+>>>>> running.
+>>>>> What do I have to add in systemd to get them working ?
+>>>>> I got it by:
+>>>>> systemctl enable nfs.target (still had no server...)
+>>>>> systemctl enable nfs-server.service
+>>>>>
+>>>>> Are those the correct top level units ?
+>>>>>
+>>>>> TIA
+>>>>>
+>>>>
+>>>> Ah, and after reboot systemd still shows nfs-common.service:
+>>>>
+>>>> werewolf:/etc/systemd# systemctl --all | grep nfs
+>>>> proc-fs-nfsd.mount        loaded active   mounted       RPC Pipe File
+>>>> System
+>>>> nfs-common.service        error  inactive dead         
+>>>> nfs-common.service
+>>>> nfs-idmap.service         loaded active   running       NFSv4 ID-name
+>>>> mapping daemon
+>>>> nfs-mountd.service        loaded active   running       NFS Mount Daemon
+>>>> nfs-rquotad.service       loaded inactive dead          NFS Remote Quota
+>>>> Server
+>>>> nfs-server.service        loaded active   exited        NFS Server
+>>>> nfs.target                loaded active   active        Network File
+>>>> System Server
+>>>>
+>>>> werewolf:/etc/systemd# systemctl status nfs-common.service
+>>>> nfs-common.service
+>>>>        Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
+>>>>        Active: inactive (dead) since Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:30:45 +0200; 1h
+>>>> 5min ago
+>>> Same issue here. I think that's just another bogus output of systemctl
+>>> list-units --all output.
+>>
+>> This happens if it's referred to by another unit. i.e. as an After or a
+>> Before reference etc. It shows up wtthout a proper description and just
+>> the unit name. I think it would be better to put a generic "[Missing] in
+>> the description rather than the unit fragment name, but hey ho. Maybe
+>> this is done already in newer versions.
+> 
+> Right, we have this in remote-fs-pre.target :
+> After=nfs-common.service
+
+Yup, this was added to systemd as nfs-server package did not have native
+units. The correct thing is to ensure all the daemons are setup prior to
+remote-fs-pre.target.
+
+So the "correct" solution here is to put:
+
+Before=remote-fs-pre.target
+
+In the relevant nfs server units to ensure that NFS mount points are
+properly mounted at boot.
+
+See this bug for background (comment 6 in particular):
+https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5890#c6
+
+Col
+
+
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