Re: [9fans] troff problem

[mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca]

>> This shows that lp expects a filesystem named ``other'' on the file server;
>> see /sys/lib/lp/bin/lpscratch and look for other.
>>
>> Probably a fix would be to hack /sys/lib/lp/bin/lpscratch
>
> Indeed.  This is a leftover from the days when we used another file system
> to avoid getting leftover temporary files in the daily dump.  These days,
> nearly every machine has enough ram to use ramfs for temporaries.
> I advice replacing mounting other by starting ramfs (If it's not already
> running).
>
> 	Sape

we went through this once already:

	http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&threadm=Pine.LNX.4.44.0306271304260.32274-100000%40fbsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dlp%2Bmirtchov%2Bgroup:comp.os.plan9%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26scoring%3Dd%26selm%3DPine.LNX.4.44.0306271304260.32274-100000%2540fbsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca%26rnum%3D3

here's my fix:

	plan9% diff /sys/lib/lp/bin/lpscratch /n/sources/plan9/sys/lib/lp/bin/lpscratch
	20,21c20
	< 	SCRATCHFILESYSTEM=''
	<
	---
	> 	SCRATCHFILESYSTEM=other
	plan9% echo $fileserver
	plan9
	plan9%

cheers, andrey