On 18.05.2020 12:34, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 14.05.2020 13:02, Ian Jackson wrote: >> I've read this thread. Jan, I'm sorry that this causes you >> inconvenience. I'm hoping it won't come down to a choice between >> supporting people who want to ship a dom0 without perl, and people who >> want a dom0 using more-than-a-decade-old coreutils. >> >> Jan, can you tell me what the output is of this on your ancient >> system: >> >> $ rm -f t >> $ >t >> $ exec 3<t >> $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 >> regular empty file 393549 >> $ rm t >> $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 >> regular empty file 393549 >> $ strace -ou stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 >> $ > > $ rm -f t > $ >t > $ exec 3<t > $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 > regular empty file 3380369 > $ rm t > $ stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 > regular empty file 3380369 > $ strace -ou stat -L -c '%F %i' /dev/stdin <&3 > regular empty file 3380369 > >> Also, the contents of the file "u" afterwards, please. > > Attached. > > Thanks for looking into this, Jan
Is there (still) a plan to get this addressed for 4.14? Apologies if I missed something having been posted / committed... Jan