@Mike Mestnik: you can repeat yourself as often as you want to - this is a bug and should be addressed soon. There is absolutely no need to argue - there is a need for fixing faulty behaviour. Ok. might not be your thing, because may be complicated. Writing nonsense is not, therefore you prefer the last I guess.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882147 Title: overlayfs does not implement inotify interfaces correctly Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in coreutils source package in Precise: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: When using tail on the liveCD some updates are not reported. This seems to be triggered by tail using inotify to identify modified files. Overlayfs does not appear to be implementing inotify quite the way you might hope reporting only against the underlying filesystems. Related bugs: * bug 1213925: upstart should notice "/etc" inode change ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic 3.0.0-12.20 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: apw 2296 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: apw 2296 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: apw 2296 F...m pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfc700000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'Intel Cantiga HDMI' Components : 'HDA:111d7675,1028029f,00100103 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000' Controls : 20 Simple ctrls : 11 Date: Wed Oct 26 17:46:16 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d8328455-deac-4bae-877d-c408d371cefe MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio 1537 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=cf503727-25f2-4ecd-b0f3-2b894523bcba ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.60 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (9 days ago) WpaSupplicantLog: dmi.bios.date: 09/22/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A03 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A03 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd09/22/2008:svnDellInc.:pnStudio1537:pvrA03:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA03: dmi.product.name: Studio 1537 dmi.product.version: A03 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/882147/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
