[Piuparts-devel] Bug#911334: Create /dev/ptmx like debootstrap does

[Mathieu Parent]

Hi Andreas,

Le mer. 24 oct. 2018 à 10:29, Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> a écrit :
>
> So the underlying problem is
>
> # mkdir foo
> # touch foo/file
> # mknod foo/null c 1 3
> # touch foo/bindmntoverfile
> # mount --bind foo/null foo/bindmntoverfile
> # ls -lis foo
> total 0
> 3857271640 0 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 24 07:50 bindmntoverfile
> 3857120264 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    0 Oct 24 07:49 file
> 3857271640 0 crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 24 07:50 null
> # find foo -type f -ls
> 3857271640      0 crw-r--r--   1 root     root       1,   3 Oct 24 07:50 foo/bindmntoverfile
> 3857120264      0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root            0 Oct 24 07:49 foo/file
>
> please find/file a bug against findutils
>
> and the commit message should not mention debootstrap but
> something like
> """
> p: use mknod instead of touch to create missing /dev/ptmx mountpoint
>
> working around findutils bug #xxxxxx
>
> mkdir foo
> mknod foo/null c 1 3
> touch foo/bindmntoverfile
> mount --bind foo/null foo/bindmntoverfile
> find foo -type f -ls
> 3857271640      0 crw-r--r--   1 root     root       1,   3 Oct 24 07:50 foo/bindmntoverfile
> """

Thanks. I've done the findutils bug (#912180, with even a patch) and
I've updated the MR (see also the attached patch).

If the commit message is too verbose, you can amend it.

Regards
-- 
Mathieu Parent
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