dropping files in copy bug

[Mahlon Stacy]

Jerry,

We ran the process with level 10 debug turned on. It generated
a 447 MB log file, which I can push up to our ftp server if you're
interested. We checked the results, and the process failed exactly
as before, so it's very repeatable. Perhaps it would be more efficient 
if you gave me some pointers, and I could reduce the data somewhat. Based
on a cursory look, InstallShield is accessing every file hundreds
of times. 

	-Mahlon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Carter [mailto:gcarter at valinux.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:34 AM
> To: Mahlon Stacy
> Cc: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
> Subject: Re: dropping files in copy bug
> 
> 
> Mahlon Stacy wrote:
> > 
> > We observed the following bug:
> > 
> > Server: SGI Origin 2000
> > OS: IRIX 6.5.7f
> > Samba: 2.0.7
> > 
> > Client: Windows NT 4 Service Pack 6
> > Software on client: InstallShield Express 3.03
> > 
> > We have a large software project which is packaged for installation
> > on the PC using InstallShield Express 3.03. A number of
> > directories on the Unix server are specified to InstallShield.
> > During processing, InstallShield fails to copy all of the files
> > from two of these directories, both of which have over 512 files in
> > them. The following results occur:
> > 
> > Directory       # Files       Copied      Failed to Copy
> >   BitMaps         678          541           123
> >   HelpFiles       537          481            56
> > 
> > The remaining directories, all of which have less than
> > 512 files in them, copy fine.
> > 
> > The consequence of this is that it is impossible to use the
> > generated installshield setup.exe for installation of our software.
> > 
> > We eliminated InstalllShield, per se, by running the same
> > operations from an NT based server across the network, as well
> > as from a local filesystem on the PC running InstallShield, both
> > of which worked fine.
> 
> Mahlon,
> 
> Can you provide us with level 10 debug logs to diagnose
> the problem?  What error message do you see on the client?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers, jerry
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