Re: apt-get, nfs 2.2.0pre1-4 fails
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Jon K. Hellan wrote:
> This works on kernel 2.0.36, but on 2.2.0pre1 and 2.2.0pre4 I see
> this:
>
> fratercula# apt-get install blt8.0
> Updating package status cache...done
> Checking system integrity...ok
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> blt8.0
> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 145 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0b/494k of archives. After unpacking 1150k will be used.
> E: Could not get lock ../lock - open (37 No locks available)
> E: Couldn't lock the Output dir, /var/cache/apt/archives/ another process is using it
>
> Apparently, NFS locking does not work. Probably a kernel bug, but I
> report it to you anyway.
Yes, someone reported this, I think you should ask the kernel people..
I've heard you might need another rpc process running on the server to
make locking work over NFS - let me know what you find.
Jason
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