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2722.0. "Re: steelos.shadow odemountable but not useable" by AOSG::FILTER (Automatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puck) Wed Dec 11 1996 15:09

Date Of Receipt: 	11-DEC-1996 14:47:41.51
From: 	FLUME::jmf "Joshua M. Friedman Digital UNIX"
To: 	mjr@DEC:.zko.flume
CC: 	odehelp@DEC:.zko.flume
Subj: 	Re:  steelos.shadow odemountable but not useable

Mike, edit your ~/.sandboxrc and remove the definition of a default
sandbox; ie. you can just have the following near the top of the file:

	# default sandbox
    default 

This will also make "workon" require an -sb argument, a good safety measure.

Occasionally you'll get a warning that you have no default sandbox, this is ok.

-josh


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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 96 13:46:21 -0500
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Why does 'mksb' need to have my main sandbox's link be correct?

Notice that when it can't read the link, it claims that steelos.shadow
is not a known backing tree.  Why is steelos.shadow good when there
is a main/link but no good without it?

Is there some way to not have a main sandbox so that I don't
need to keep futzing with main/link to point to backing trees
I don't care about just to make the ODE tools succeed?

-mike

(mksb works first time--fails on 2nd sandbox creation):

# /usr/sde/odemount steelos.shadow
# schnausser.zk3> mksb -back steelos.shadow steel_shadow
creating new set: Mike_Rickabaugh_steel_shadow, setdir: .
creating lock file for new set.
[ creating /usr/staff/mjr/sand/steel_shadow/tmp ]
/usr/staff/mjr/sand/steel_shadow/tmp: created directory
drwxr-xr--   2 mjr      system      8192 Dec 11 13:39 
/usr/staff/mjr/sand/steel_shadow/tmp
schnausser.zk3> mksb -undo steel_shadow
schnausser.zk3> ls main
main not found
schnausser.zk3> mv sand/main/link sand/main/link.was
schnausser.zk3> mksb -back steelos.shadow steel_shadow
cannot find include file ../link/rc_files/shared.sharedsandbox
>> FATAL ERROR in mksb:
>> No Access to Backing Tree Through link dir:/advfs0/mjr/sand/main/rc_f
iles/../link
Error parsing rc description file ./shared
>> WARNING in mksb:
>> unable to parse sandbox rcfile /usr/staff/mjr/sand/main/rc_files/loca
l.
cannot find include file ../link/rc_files/shared.sharedsandbox
>> FATAL ERROR in mksb:
>> No Access to Backing Tree Through link dir:/advfs0/mjr/sand/main/rc_f
iles/../link
Error parsing rc description file ./shared
>> WARNING in mksb:
>> steelos.shadow is not a known backing tree.
>> Will prompt for this information.
No known current backing trees to pick from.
Enter absolute path to backing tree: