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  • From: Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT scarlet.be>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Castfs usage
  • Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:57:11 +0100

On Thursday 26 November 2009 19:45:50 Eric Sandall wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:25:59 +0100 (CET)
>
> Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik <ruskie AT codemages.net> wrote:
> > I still see some people not using castfs. I'd like to know why? And
> > I'd like to RFC if people think it would be good to make this a
> > required dependency now.
> >
> > I've been using castfs myself for a long time and had no problems in
> > ages. What's more spells can stop relying on install_config_file since
> > sorcery now manages this itself if it's listed in configs.
> >
> > My proposal is do make castfs a requirement for sorcery now where
> > possible. I know there's some 6 or 7 spells that still can't use it
> > but everything else so far has.
> >
> > Also dmlb2000 proposed unison-fuse as a castfs replacement. I'm
> > wondering if anyone else looked at it yet?
>
> I still run into occassional issues (unable to track down) where castfs
> "hangs" using 100% of my CPU indefinitely, usually on a `sorcery
> rebuild`, but any cast of a long list of spells might cause it, but not
> always.
>

I get the same problem occasionally.
I find about a dozen delve processes, which never advance. I end up having to
'pkill delve' and repeat the cast of the last spell.
I usually happens with something big.

I see it on amd32/64 and pentium-m systems




> Overall, I prefer castfs, but feel it isn't polished enough for forcing
> it on everyone.
>
> -sandalle
>

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Regards, Treeve

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