[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Re: [uml-devel] [Pkg-uml-pkgs] How is user-mode-linux using /dev/shm/?

[Mattia Dongili]

On Thu, September 28, 2006 10:19 pm, Petter Reinholdtsen said:
> [Mattia Dongili]
>> Well, I'd actually prefer if you could remove the noexec flag from
>> /dev/shm. I understand the security reasons given in the bugreport
>> but I'd prefer avoid having to deal with one more Debian-only (is
>> it?)  thing given the soon to come general freeze.
>
> I am considering this for etch only, and to reinsert it once etch is
> released.  I suspect it is better to break uml, dosemu and others
> misusing /dev/shm/ early in the etch+1 release cycle instead of late
> in the etch cycle.

absolutely seconded.

> But I might be too late, as base and sysvinit is already frozen,
> according to the email from Andreas. :( We will have to discuss it
> with the release managers, I guess.

I can still file a critical bug because sysvinit "breaks unrelated SW" :)
Let's submit the question to d-release then.

-- 
mattia
:wq!