OpenAFS 1.4.8 release candidate 3 available

Derrick J Brashear <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:25:29 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.file-systems.openafs.announce
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of the third release 
candidate for OpenAFS version 1.4.8.
Source files and available binaries can be accessed via the web at:

       http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.4.8pre3.html

or via AFS at:

       UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.4.8pre3/
       UNC:  \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.4.8pre3\


A number of changes to improve Rx behavior as well as other bugfixes are 
present, including to directory handling code on Linux when fakestat is 
enabled; Additionally, there are fixes to prevent deadlocking mmap for 
files larger than the cache on Linux.

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

Derrick Brashear
for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers