Re: directory sticky bit strangeness following libc6 update
On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 01:01:17AM +0200, Matthias Ferdinand wrote: > On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 07:48:27AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > > > If the rules had changed, it should not succeed even without > > > O_CREAT. A bug? > > > > That's *my* take on the matter. It will be a day or so before I can > > check upstream and see if any bug reports have been opened against > > libc6, but if someone else would care to look in the meantime :-) ... > > found https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=954230, added > O_CREAT information to it. > > Matthias Ferdinand An update to that bug report suggested checking /proc/sys/fs/protected_regular, which is now set to 2 by default on my alpha. No idea where the new setting is coming from. It's a sysctl setting that has evidently been around for a good while. Other systems I have access to that are running the same kernel have that value set to 0. So I guess the current verdict is, "works as documented". Would still like to know what changed, because it's not being touched by the kernel build process: else, the other systems running the same kernel would be exhibiting the same behavior. --Bob
Updated installation images for Debian Ports 2020-04-19
Hi! I just uploaded updated installation images 2020-04-19 for the following Debian Ports architectures [1]: * alpha * hppa * ia64 * m68k * powerpc * ppc64 * sparc64 These images should finally fix the installation process on Apple PowerMacs and PowerBooks compatible with GRUB, so basically every Macintosh using the New World ROM [2]. One user already reported a successful installation on his PowerMac G5 and I expect installations to work fine on 32-bit machines, i.e. G3 and G4 as well. But I'm looking forward to more feedback. Another important improvement to debian-installer is that the mirror setup now allows to select the preferred mirror from a list instead having to enter that information manually. Unfortunately, there are only a few mirrors, namely in Germany and South Korea which can be chosen from. So don't be surprised that the list is short. Otherwise, the images contain the usual improvements like a new kernel and a fresh base system. Thanks, Adrian > [1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2020-04-19/ > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_ROM -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
