Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-05 Thread Pawel Wiecek
On Oct 3, 9:12pm, Roger Leigh wrote: > I've created a new release and put it here: [...] > If these changes are acceptable, I can upload these packages. Excellent job! Go ahead and upload it. > and also updates the packaging to make it lintian-clean. I put the > changes in a new upstream releas

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-03 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Pawel Wiecek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Oct 2, 11:42pm, Roger Leigh wrote: >> be happy with any other separator, though I thing ':' is better than >> '_', since it's less likely to be used in an actual device name. > > That's exactly why I pro

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-02 Thread Pawel Wiecek
On Oct 2, 11:42pm, Roger Leigh wrote: > be happy with any other separator, though I thing ':' is better than > '_', since it's less likely to be used in an actual device name. That's exactly why I proposed it :^) > I've posted to the FHS list; I'm just waiting for a reply. > http://sourceforge.ne

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-02 Thread Roger Leigh
"Pawel Wiecek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Oct 2, 5:40pm, Roger Leigh wrote: >> 2) When creating the lock name, it replaces any '/'s with '.'s. Thus > > This is roughly my idea, though I was thuinking about using underscores or > colons. Does your suggestion for using periods come from the

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-02 Thread Pawel Wiecek
On Oct 2, 5:40pm, Roger Leigh wrote: > 1) If the device name starts with "/dev/", it strips off "/dev" rather >than all directories. Yep. > 2) When creating the lock name, it replaces any '/'s with '.'s. Thus This is roughly my idea, though I was thuinking about using underscores or colons

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-02 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 05:42:22PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 05:40:18PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > > Attached is a patch to do this. It > > > > 1) If the device name starts with "/dev/", it strips off "/dev" rather > >than all directories. > > 2) When creating

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-02 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 05:40:18PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > Attached is a patch to do this. It > > 1) If the device name starts with "/dev/", it strips off "/dev" rather >than all directories. > 2) When creating the lock name, it replaces any '/'s with '.'s. Thus >/dev/pts/2 would

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-02 Thread Roger Leigh
severity 135299 important merge 135299 115109 tags 135299 + patch thanks Pawel Wiecek write: > On Oct 1, 10:45pm, Roger Leigh wrote: > > Has any progress been made with this bug? > I have some conceptions, but still need to check a few things before > implementing them. Attached is a patch to do

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-01 Thread Pawel Wiecek
On Oct 1, 10:45pm, Roger Leigh wrote: > Has any progress been made with this bug? I have some conceptions, but still need to check a few things before implementing them. Pawel -- (___) | Pawel Wiecek -- Coven / Svart -- http://www.coven.vmh.net/ | < o o > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#135299: lockdev doesn't support DevFS

2005-10-01 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Has any progress been made with this bug? This is no longer restricted to DevFS. LVM uses block devices in subdirectories, as does udev if configured so. As a result, it's rather more important that lockdev can lock these devices. Regards, Ro