[yocto] DL_DIR problems

[Christopher Larson]

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:40 AM, Bollinger, Seth <Seth.Bollinger at digi.com>wrote:

> We’re trying to share a DL_DIR over NFS so all developers don’t have to
> re-download source files every time they want to do a clean build.
>  Unfortunately we’re running into problems with lock files that are left
> behind by (sometimes) terminated processes.  This will block users who are
> trying subsequent builds.  How are others approaching this problem?


One option would be to maintain an internal downloads mirror, either
populated by an autobuilder or by an rsync after engineer builds to the
server hosting it. There'd be duplication in local disk space, but you'd
avoid the NFS locking issues.
-- 
Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth dot com
Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
Maintainer - Tslib
Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics
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