On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 09:22:00PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Package: schroot > Version: 1.4.0-1 > Severity: critical > Justification: causes serious data loss > > I upgraded schroot from 1.2.3-1+b1 to 1.4.0-1, which wanted to replace > some config files, which I have customised. I declined, intending to fix > it later. > > I started an schroot into an old sid 32-bit chroot (from my sid 64-bit > host), and didn't notice any error messages, but found I was still > running 64-bit binaries. I think the actual chroot() failed. > > Later after exitting, I found that a bunch of files in /etc were now > empty: passwd, group, shadow, hosts, protocols, services.
Dear Hamish, I'd like to make a point release of schroot soon, and if at all possible I would like to fix this serious bug (if it is a bug in schroot) and/or prevent it if it's an issue with customised setup scripts. I do need to understand the cause and circumstances which triggered this dataloss before this is possible, however. In my previous reply, I requested some further information about your setup scripts and schroot configuration. I would be grateful if you could provide this, if you could as soon as possible, and any other information you have if you've been able to determine what happened during your own investigation. So far this has been the only reported dataloss incident, which makes reproducing the fault impossible without the details from your system. Many thanks, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
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