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3			  AM-UTILS-6.0 TASKS TODO
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5Please volunteer to do any of the following:
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7- complete testing of untested platforms in INSTALL file
8	ncr2
9	sunos 3.5
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11- autofs support: see README.autofs for details.
12	needs to be re-ported to solaris 2.6 (headers changed)
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14- deal with everything that has XXX on it in the sources
15- documentation update ("XXX: FILL IN" sections).
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17- hlfsd should be able to not use /var/alt_mail, but send code 75 back to
18  sendmail (telling it to re-queue the mail and retry later).
19
20- compatibility with Sun's automount maps?
21	should be easier via the amd.conf file to specify type of map
22	perhaps done at the same time autofs support is done.
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24- a selector ala if_exists() for networkmask(1.2.3.4/5.6.7.8), will match
25  against all known IP addresses of this host.
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27- convert to using my own rpcgen .x files for amq/amq/nfs (v2 and v3)
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29- support multiple "fail-over" NFS mounts in Solaris 2.6.
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31- use packaging info for various OSs (such as RPM, Redhat Package Format)
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33- $mindelay and $maxdelay in milliseconds
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35- multiple nfsl should be matched if one matched and nfs mount failed.  fall
36  through.
37- fall through syntax?  opts:=nofail,fallthrough?
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39- random nfs rhost:={srv1, srv2, srv3}
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41- nfslx, same as nfsl, but using linkx
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43- find out why this sometimes works and sometimes not:
44	mcl	-rhost:=minetta host!=${rhost};type:=nfs host==${rhost}
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46- loadable info_*, amfs_*, and ops_* modules (lazy evaluation).
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48- hlfsd for ~root/.mailspool (getpwnam("root"))
49- hlfsd should daemonize even if -DDEBUG, then use -D nofork
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51- fixmount should use generic code from transp/transp_{tli,sockets}.c
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53- report netbsd/openbsd bugs in BUGS file
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55- reverse notion of -F and other cmd-line options, so they override the
56amd.conf file (right now amd.conf overrides cmd-line options).
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58- y2k compliance.
59
60- an un/install script for binaries
61
62- update README
63
64- add am-utils URL and COPYRIGHT to all distributed scripts and sources and
65  programs etc. also to amq -v output.
66
67- ion: browsable_dirs only works for nis if in [global] broken if it is file
68  maps.
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70- all if statements should have an else clause because of Ultrix's /bin/sh.
71
72- look for obsolete AM_* macros and use newer AC_* ones
73- use 3rd arg to AC_CHECK_TYPE (headers)
74
75- FreeBSD 3.1 doesn't have SYMTTL flag, so the mtime of the hlfsd symlink is
76  always new.  This breaks hlfsd on FreeBSD 3.1, b/c the acregmin/max code
77  depends on the time that the symlink was created.  Solution: best is to
78  support NOAC in the FreeBSD kernel, otherwise hlfsd will have to know not
79  to turn on this code in hlfsd/stubs.c:
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81    if (++slinkfattr.na_mtime.nt_useconds == 0)
82      ++slinkfattr.na_mtime.nt_seconds;
83
84- support nqnfs as per Jeffrey C Honig <jch@BSDI.COM>: "Besides having
85  NFSMNT_NQNFS set when you try to do the mount, NQNFS requires that you do
86  the nfssvc() call to create an nqnfs client daemon.  I can't see any
87  obvious way to check if the server supports NQNFS."
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89- browsable 'auto' style maps.
90
91- amq man page: amq -f also reloads maps that are not updated
92
93- mention signals in amd man page
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95- ALLOWED_MOUNT_TIME of 40 seconds is way too long!
96- need option to turn off pings of portmapper before trying a mount
97
98- type:=program should not require umount command. can use default
99  umount(). it works for smbmount/umount.
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101- document var[0-7] variables/selectors
102
103- need a way to export a nfs-mount point after it is being mounted (jukebox
104  mounts).  can do this with type:=program.
105
106- support port=n, for machines that use NFS on a different port
107
108- support WebNFS (cf. Solaris mount_nfs(1M) -o public)
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110- nfsl may be buggy when fs:= is specified explicitly (lockup?)
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112- detecting down'ed hosts faster: use default portmap TTL variables?
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114- entries w/ $key in /defaults, see "defaults" instead of the actual entry.
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116- y2k: amq /home (mounted time uses YY instead of YYYY)
117
118- new amd.conf option to disable amq listener altogether (security)
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