Hi Thierry On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 01:54 +0200, thierry lathuille wrote: > [...] > With this latest patch, we keep only the first part of ldd's output, so the > libs in /tls don't get included. So it is OK for FAILSAFE and other 2.4 > kernels. > > I tried with a 2.6 kernel, it doesn't seem to complain that there is > no /lib/tls, and the mindi CD seems to work all right. > > But can we be really sure that we can suppress /lib/tls, without bad > consequences, with any kernel, current or future ? > > 1 - If we can suppress /lib/tls : > then we simply need to keep the first part of ldd's output, as this latest > patch does, which can be made shorter with : > sed 's/(.*)//; s/[[:blank:]]//g; /=>$/d; s/=>.*/ /' > (tested to work in all cases) > > 2 - If we have to keep /lib/tls : > then we can use the last patch I submitted - with one more command to avoid > having twice the same lib : > sed 's/(.*)//; s/[[:blank:]]//g; /=>$/d; s/=>/ /; s/\(..*\) \1/\1/' > (tested as well) > > As I really don't know if option 1 is safe, I would keep 2. > OTOH, if 1 is safe, then it should probably be prefered - more simple, and > less libs means less space used on the small image... > > I leave it to you all who know better !
All good points. mindi doesn't include anything from /lib/tls in the original ProcessLDD as far as I can see. Also, from my understanding, libraries in /lib/tls have their non-threaded counterparts in /lib, so there shouldn't be a problem. I think I go for saving space and keeping mindi's current behaviour. > > Finally, could you repeat once again what the exact circumstances are > > for which first patch doesn't work? I know, I'm a pain. > It's good to have things put down clearly, please don't apologize ! :-) > > The thing is > > that the patch is actually suggested by other people as well and it is > > relatively short and elegant. All good reasons to use it. But if it > > doesn't work, we have to do something else... > > It fails when : > - you run a 2.6 kernel > and > - you make a mindi CD with a FAILSAFE kernel Righto. I've tested on Sarge running a 2.6 kernel and creating a CD with the FAILSAFE kernel with my latest patch and it works. > So, the very thing I know now that one shouldn't do. But as long as it's > possible (and people use it, as I innocently did two years long), I think > that it should work and not leave you with a rescue CD that can't boot... > > But I completely agree with you, if it's something to avoid, it has to be > made > very clear ! > > Thierry Thanks a lot for your help! New packages will hopefully hit the archive shortly. Best regards Andree -- Andree Leidenfrost Sydney - Australia
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