OpenAFS 1.4.2 Release Candidate 1 available

The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of OpenAFS version
1.4.2 Release Candidate 1 (1.4.2rc1).  Source files and available
binaries can be accessed via the web at:

      http://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/candidate/1.4.2rc1/

or via AFS at:

/afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.4.2rc1/
\\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.4.2rc1\

Changes since 1.4.1:
All platforms:
* Remove use of ubik_Call in the source code so prototypes are used.

* Avoid synchrony in call from the fileserver to the ptserver.

* Fix a bug in the backup suite when restoring.

* fileserver and volserver now log for error conditions which may cause
exiting.

* rx avoids a stack overrun when more packets are needed.

* volserver avoids holding a lock too long when purging volumes.

RedHat:

* packaging fixes

Linux:

* amd64 pthread library family updates.

* Keyring as PAG fixes (Thanks to Chas Williams)

AIX:

* tsm is updated to work with the new AIX 5 interface.

MacOS:

* Cross compile fixes

* Packaging improvements

* Large file support fixed (Thanks to Chaskiel Grundman)

* Fixes for Leopard seed.

Windows:

* Removes race conditions and a deadlock introduced in 1.4.1

* Fixes ANSI filename option.

* Establishes new connections to file servers when
  IP address configuration changes are detected.

* Improved CIFS compatibility

* Cache Manager optimizations

* Fixes vlserver failover when mounting 'root.afs'
  (Freelance mode disabled)

* Installs help files in the correct location for use by afscreds.exe
  and afs control panel.

* Improve reporting of "over quota" and "disk full" errors.

* Prevent crash when evaluating mount points to volumes that do
  not exist

* Removes auto-registration of AFS ID in foreign ptservers from
  Integrated Logon DLL.  This prevents crashes if the DLL is loaded
  and unloaded prior to termination of the process.

* SDK moved to \Program Files\OpenAFS\SDK

* NSIS and WiX Installer Frameworks update to the latest versions

* Improvements to the Kerberos Logon Integration

* Prevents exception in Integrated Logon DLL during SysPrep

* Prevents displays of MessageBox dialogs in response to Network Adapter
  errors

* Hard Dead and Connection Timeout values restricted to the CIFS Session
  Timeout value.

* Correct writing of BackConnectionsHostNames registry value.

Please Test and Submit Bug Reports:

Please assist us by testing this release candidate and providing
positive or negative feedback. Bug reports should be filed to
[email protected].  Reports of success should be sent to
[email protected].

Jeffrey Altman
for the OpenAFS gatekeepers