Re: [Gnu-arch-users] inode signature problem plague

[Aaron Bentley]

Robert Anderson wrote:
> Almost every day I get errors that look something like this:
>
> corrupt library (failed inode signature validation)
>     archive: [archive]
>     revision: [revision]
> You should remove this revision from your library.

> What causes this,

What causes it is that remounting your NFS filesystems changes their 
device numbers.  Since device numbers are part of an inode signature, 
validation fails when the number changes.  Tom intends to fix this.

> and how do I work around it?

Don't store reference trees on NFS.  If you avoid pristines, you can 
keep your working directory on NFS.

If you feel like taking your life in your hands, you can use my 
tlasrc--dangerous-nochecks--0 version of tla, but I don't recommend it.

> Yes, I work
> across NFS and this is not going to change.

Well, I guess you could try to find another NFS implementation that 
doesn't change the device number.  It's been reported that this problem 
only affects *some* NFS implementations.

Aaron

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Aaron Bentley
Director of Technology
Panometrics, Inc.