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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. [done in 6.1]
12
13- deal with everything that has XXX on it in the sources
14- documentation update ("XXX: FILL IN" sections).
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16- hlfsd should be able to not use /var/alt_mail, but send code 75 back to
17  sendmail (telling it to re-queue the mail and retry later).
18
19- compatibility with Sun's automount maps?
20	should be easier via the amd.conf file to specify type of map
21	perhaps done at the same time autofs support is done.
22
23- convert to using my own rpcgen .x files for amq/amq/nfs (v2 and v3)
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25- support multiple "fail-over read-only" NFS mounts in Solaris 2.6+.
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27- use packaging info for various OSs (such as RPM, Redhat Package Manager)
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29- $mindelay and $maxdelay in milliseconds
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31- multiple nfsl should be matched if one matched and nfs mount failed.  fall
32  through.
33- fall through syntax?  opts:=nofail,fallthrough?
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35- random nfs rhost:={srv1, srv2, srv3}
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37- nfslx, same as nfsl, but using linkx
38
39- find out why this sometimes works and sometimes not:
40	mcl	-rhost:=minetta host!=${rhost};type:=nfs host==${rhost}
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42- loadable info_*, amfs_*, and ops_* modules (lazy evaluation).
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44- hlfsd for ~root/.mailspool (getpwnam("root"))
45- hlfsd should daemonize even if -DDEBUG, then use -D nofork
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47- fixmount should use generic code from transp/transp_{tli,sockets}.c
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49- report netbsd/openbsd bugs in BUGS file
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51- reverse notion of -F and other cmd-line options, so they override the
52amd.conf file (right now amd.conf overrides cmd-line options).
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54- y2k compliance.
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56- an un/install script for binaries
57
58- update README
59
60- add am-utils URL and COPYRIGHT to all distributed scripts and sources and
61  programs etc. also to amq -v output.
62
63- ion: browsable_dirs only works for nis if in [global] broken if it is file
64  maps.
65
66- all if statements should have an else clause because of Ultrix's /bin/sh.
67
68- look for obsolete AM_* macros and use newer AC_* ones
69- use 3rd arg to AC_CHECK_TYPE (headers)
70
71- FreeBSD 3.1 doesn't have SYMTTL flag, so the mtime of the hlfsd symlink is
72  always new.  This breaks hlfsd on FreeBSD 3.1, b/c the acregmin/max code
73  depends on the time that the symlink was created.  Solution: best is to
74  support NOAC in the FreeBSD kernel, otherwise hlfsd will have to know not
75  to turn on this code in hlfsd/stubs.c:
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77    if (++slinkfattr.na_mtime.nt_useconds == 0)
78      ++slinkfattr.na_mtime.nt_seconds;
79
80- support nqnfs as per Jeffrey C Honig <jch@BSDI.COM>: "Besides having
81  NFSMNT_NQNFS set when you try to do the mount, NQNFS requires that you do
82  the nfssvc() call to create an nqnfs client daemon.  I can't see any
83  obvious way to check if the server supports NQNFS."
84
85- browsable 'auto' style maps.
86
87- mention signals in amd man page
88
89- ALLOWED_MOUNT_TIME of 40 seconds is way too long!
90- need option to turn off pings of portmapper before trying a mount
91
92- type:=program should not require umount command. can use default
93  umount(). it works for smbmount/umount.
94
95- document var[0-7] variables/selectors
96
97- need a way to export a nfs-mount point after it is being mounted (jukebox
98  mounts).  can do this with type:=program.
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100- support port=n, for machines that use NFS on a different port
101
102- support WebNFS (cf. Solaris mount_nfs(1M) -o public)
103
104- nfsl may be buggy when fs:= is specified explicitly (lockup?)
105
106- detecting down'ed hosts faster: use default portmap TTL variables?
107
108- entries w/ $key in /defaults, see "defaults" instead of the actual
109  entry. [fixed in 6.1]
110
111- y2k: amq /home (mounted time uses YY instead of YYYY)
112
113- new amd.conf option to disable amq listener altogether (security)
114
115- new amd.conf option dynamic_system_params to recompute osver, karch,
116  etc. from uname() dynamically.
117
118- change uid (gid?) of hlfsd symlink each time, to circumvent symlink cache
119  on openbsd.
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121- solaris 8 doesn't pick up hsfs/pcfs/etc *_args structures and mount flags
122
123- support opts:=loop for linux loopback mounts
124
125- map reloading interval timer (do_mapc_reload = clocktime() + ONE_HOUR);
126  right now it's fixed to 3600 seconds.
127
128- avoid having to compile ops_nfs3.o
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