[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Apt and NFS?



Eric Gillespie, Jr. said:
> My roommate and i are trying to share /var/cache/apt/archives and
> /var/state/apt/lists over NFS.

Are you sure you want to share /var/state/apt/lists?  I'm just sharing
/var/cache/apt on my boxen here.

> I got it working with the
> user-space daemons, but running apt-get update gives the
> following error:
> 
> W: Not using locking for nfs mounted lock file /var/state/apt/lists/lock
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files

IIRC, that's the problem that prompted me to mount /var/cache/apt nolock.
Whether it was or not, I haven't had any problems with it since adding the
nolock.

(Now if I could get /var/spool/mail to do locking...)

-- 
"Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist
"So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton
Geek Code 3.1:  GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+
!K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+



Reply to: