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Re: Can't attach over NFS?
Ben Elliston wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> writes:
>
> Jim> Does anyone know of any system where this limitation actually holds?
> Jim> This rigamarole is causing me some trouble, and I'd like to make the
> Jim> code conditional, or (preferably) delete it.
>
> Jim> We got attach.exp from the HP merge, which makes me suspect that it's
> Jim> an HP problem, but this entire test is disabled on HPUX.
>
> This rings a bell. If my memory serves me correctly, on HP-UX you
> can't ptrace an executable that is on an NFS volume.
>
I think you're right. I remember that I had to do something like that
with HP-UX. I can't remember why though.
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