From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750816AbWJGKhZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Oct 2006 06:37:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750818AbWJGKhZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Oct 2006 06:37:25 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:47837 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750816AbWJGKhY (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Oct 2006 06:37:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 12:37:14 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: koos vriezen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.18 break scratchbox Message-ID: <20061007103714.GD30034@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20061004213521.GA8667@elf.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri 2006-10-06 08:41:56, koos vriezen wrote: > 2006/10/4, Pavel Machek : > >Hi! > > > >> Hit by http://bugzilla.scratchbox.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=279 I > >> wondered why such > >> a change that could break existing setups entered 2.6.18. > >> Now I can peek through '/proc/ >> UID>/root' into the > >> box's root (and that's why scratchbox is broken now). > > > >File bug at bugzilla.kernel.org :-). > > > >I'm afraid we did not know about this ABI change, and noone using > >scratchbox tested 2.6.18-rcX... > > Well I did google for this before this report and eg. > http://nchip.livejournal.com/ already mentioned it (but probably > didn't report it at lkml) and there where some other links. > But since I couldn't find any info on this new feature, that one can > now read and write file through the /proc/xx/root link, I ask it here. > And hopefully, if it's a regression, would be fixed in the stable tree > ASAP. (Somehow I almost can't believe this change wouldn't show > immediately in a regression test setup, and there must be a reason for > opening this door w/o using an axe). You probably want to do that bugzilla.kernel.org... and yes, this is kind of bug I can imageine goes in without anyone noticing. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html