To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=54586 Issue #:|54586 Summary:|Cannot open files via NFS on mis-configured Linux |machines Component:|framework Version:|680m124 Platform:|All URL:| OS/Version:|All Status:|NEW Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|DEFECT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|code Assigned to:|lho Reported by:|sb
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Sep 14 02:33:20 -0700 2005 ------- Since issue 29425 is fixed, file locking is enabled in OOo. On some Linux machines, the attempt to lock a file accessed via NFS results in an error (ENOLCK), because the machine is mis-configured in that an NFS lock deamon is not running (ENOLCK can also occur, whether or not a file is accessed via NFS, in the---somewhat unlikely---event that "satisfying the lock or unlock request would result in the number of locked regions in the system exceeding a system-imposed limit" [susv3]). In OOo, this leads to a cryptic error box "General input/output error while accessing ..." and failure to open a file via NFS. There are at least five choices to handle this problem: 1 Disable file locking again. See issue 29425 for why it was enabled (involved developer: obr). 2 Blame the mis-configured machines and do nothing (no developer involved). 3 Handle ENOLCK in the OOo code by presenting a more appropriate error message (possibly including a hint that the problem might be a mis-configured Linux machine), but still refusing to open the file (involved developer: abi). 4 Handle ENOLCK in the OOo code by presenting a warning message that file locking did not work for some reason, and opening the file read-only (involved developer: abi). 5 Handle ENOLCK in the OOo code by presenting a warning message that file locking did not work for some reason, and opening the file read/write, but unlocked (involved developers: abi, obr). In each case, an additional step might be to document the problem of mis-configured Linux machines in the readme or similar. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
