Bug#232122: Cause found, but problem remains
At Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:44:59 +0900,
GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:15:52 +1100,
> Ben Finney wrote:
> > The "permission denied" is because I've disallowed creation of new
> > entries in the root directory (chattr +i). Thus, the "grave" severity
> > should be reduced; the package is usable for those who allow new entries
> > in the root directory.
>
> If so, we can't make /sys. Some application uses /sys with sysfs on
> kernel 2.6, you can't use such application in near feature.
>
> However under such paranoid environment, the script should not stop.
>
> /etc/init.d/mountkernfs uses "set -e". Even if it's failed with
> special settings, there is no merit to tell the error. If mounting
> filesystems (sysfs, usbfs, devpts, and tmpfs/shmfs) is failed, we
> don't need to care. User will be noticed through with mount error or
> application error.
>
> So I would like to drop "set -e" from mountkernfs. debian-glibc guys,
> any objections?
No objection - I'll do.
Regards,
-- gotom
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