19163 - failure to migrate / app spins when ~/.netscape lives on a NFS partition

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect, P2)

Description

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

I saw this twice today, once with akkana (/u/akkana) and once with par
(/u/akkana)

I remove ~/.mozilla
run mozilla -installer
and the installer never stops.  (the migration progress dialog never goes away.)

I've only seen it when $HOME is over NFS.

the common case is not over NFS (most home users have local drives) but it is
common for corporate environments (like netscape).

Comment 1

[Akkana Peck]

Is it trying to do any file locking?  4.x had a bug where the spellcheck library
tried to do file locking on its dictionary files, and if they were NFS mounted,
sometimes the mail compose window would hang.

Comment 2

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I haven't investigated yet, but I'm guessing its a NFS locking bug, too.

accepting.

Comment 3

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marking p2

Comment 4

[leger]

Moving all Profile Manager bugs to new Profile Manager Backend component.
Profile Manager component to be deleted.

Comment 5

[Phil Peterson]

Is this a beta stopper?

Comment 6

[selmer (gone)]

I don't think we've ever claimed this would work.  As I recall, it didn't work 
in 4.x either.  I don't think this should be a beta stopper.

Comment 7

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move to m15

Comment 8

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moving to m16.

Comment 9

[selmer (gone)]

Are there 2 people seeing this?  Marking M20.

Comment 10

[selmer (gone)]

Moving to FUTURE

Comment 11

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giving all my migration bugs to racham.

Comment 12

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mass re-assign.

Comment 13

[alge]

worked flawlessly for me, with 20031025-ish cvs SeaMonkey.
.netscape on nfs (v3)
-> WFM