Re: tmpfs filesystem and deb package builds

["Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com>]

Richard Braakman wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 10:05:18PM -0500, Jon Marler wrote:
>
> > Apparently, if /tmp is a tmpfs filesystem (new in 2.4.x Linux kernels) qmail
> > compiles fine, but when dpkg --build debian/tmp is executed, several directories
> > are left out of the .deb.  If you run the same exact script on an ext2, ext3,
> > reiserfs filesystem, it works perfectly.
> >
> > I haven't been able to make heads or tails of it, and was wondering if anyone
> > else had seen similar behavior?
>
> It's probably a problem with the link counts.  Some tmpfs versions have
> a bug where if you move a directory, the link counts for its old and new
> parent directories are not updated.  This then confuses 'find'.
>
> Upgrading your kernel should help.  Sorry, I don't remember which version --
> I backpatched mine.
Making it use 'find -noleaf' should fix it as well, if find's link count optimization

is what's triggering the problem.  (man find).


I wonder if dpkg-deb shouldn't use that instead, for safety's sake.  I 
wouldn't think it's looking at so many directories that the optimization 
makes much difference.

Assuming that the original premise is correct.