Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-10-10 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello Eric, I think I just understood something. See below. On 10/9/19 11:01 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hello Eric, > > On 10/9/19 6:00 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: >> >>> Hello Eric, >>> >>> Thank you. I was hoping you might jump in on thi

Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-10-09 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello Eric, On 10/9/19 6:00 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: > >> Hello Eric, >> >> Thank you. I was hoping you might jump in on this thread. >> >> Please see below. >> >> On 10/9/19 10:46 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >>> "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes:

Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-10-09 Thread Eric W. Biederman
"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: > Hello Eric, > > Thank you. I was hoping you might jump in on this thread. > > Please see below. > > On 10/9/19 10:46 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: >> >>> Hello Philipp, >>> >>> My apologies that it has taken a while

Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-10-09 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello Eric, Thank you. I was hoping you might jump in on this thread. Please see below. On 10/9/19 10:46 AM, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: > >> Hello Philipp, >> >> My apologies that it has taken a while to reply. (I had been hoping >> and waiting that a few

Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-10-09 Thread Eric W. Biederman
"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: > Hello Philipp, > > My apologies that it has taken a while to reply. (I had been hoping > and waiting that a few more people might weigh in on this thread.) > > On 9/23/19 3:42 PM, Philipp Wendler wrote: >> Hello Michael, >> >> Am 23.09.19 um 14:04 schrieb

Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-10-09 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2019-10-09T09:41:34+0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > I'm not sure. Some people have a bit of trouble to wrap their head > around the pivot_root(".", ".") idea. (I possibly am one of them.) > I'd be quite keen to hear other opinions on this. Unfortunately, > few people have commented on

Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-10-09 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello Philipp, My apologies that it has taken a while to reply. (I had been hoping and waiting that a few more people might weigh in on this thread.) On 9/23/19 3:42 PM, Philipp Wendler wrote: > Hello Michael, > > Am 23.09.19 um 14:04 schrieb Michael Kerrisk (man-pages): > >> I'm considering to

Re: For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-09-23 Thread Philipp Wendler
Hello Michael, Am 23.09.19 um 14:04 schrieb Michael Kerrisk (man-pages): > I'm considering to rewrite these pieces to exactly > describe what the system call does (which I already > do in the third paragraph) and remove the "may or may not" > pieces in the second paragraph. I'd welcome comments >

For review: rewritten pivot_root(2) manual page

2019-09-23 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello all, I'm looking for review input for the pivot_root(2) manual page, which I have substantially rewritten. The original page was written 19 years ago, and has seen little revision since that time. It contains a number of errors. Even at the time it was first released, the manual page alrea