tags 548691 pending thanks Already applied to github repository with proper test unit.
Thank you very much! 2009/9/28 Jameson Graef Rollins <jroll...@finestructure.net> > Package: fakechroot > Version: 2.9-1 > Severity: normal > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > So we (debirf maintainers) have stumbled upon a strangeness in the > behavior of getcwd() under fakechroot. It appears that the path gets > confused depending on if the chroot root path has been specified as a > relative path or not: > > servo:/srv/debirf/rescue 0$ fakeroot fakechroot chroot root pwd > / > servo:/srv/debirf/rescue 0$ fakeroot fakechroot chroot > /srv/debirf/rescue/root pwd > / > servo:/srv/debirf/rescue 0$ fakeroot fakechroot chroot ./root pwd > /srv/debirf/rescue/root > servo:/srv/debirf/rescue 0$ > > In the last case, where the root is specified as a relative path to > the current path, getcwd() in the fakechroot (as called from 'pwd') > returns a "jailbroken" path. This causes problems for some programs, > most notably apt-get: > > servo:/srv/debirf/rescue 0$ fakeroot fakechroot chroot ./root apt-get > update > Get: 1 http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze Release.gpg [835B] > Ign http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/main Translation-en_US > Get: 2 http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze Release [96.5kB] > Get: 3 http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/main Packages/DiffIndex [2,038B] > Get: 4 http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/main 2009-09-28-0316.44.pdiff > [11.9kB] > Get: 5 http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/main 2009-09-28-0316.44.pdiff > [11.9kB] > Get: 6 http://mirrors.kernel.org squeeze/main 2009-09-28-0316.44.pdiff > [11.9kB] > Fetched 111kB in 16s (6,603B/s) > E: Unable to change to /srv/debirf/rescue/root/ - chdir (2: No such file or > directory) > servo:/srv/debirf/rescue 100$ > > (curiously aptitude does not seem bothered). I imagine there might be > an easy fix to this, but more skilled eyes can probably come up with > one much quicker than I ever could. > > Thanks for the help, and thanks for maintaining an important tool. > > jamie. > > -- .''`. Piotr Roszatycki : :' : mailto:piotr.roszaty...@gmail.com `. `' mailto:dex...@debian.org `-
