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diff --git a/hurd/translator/tmpfs/discussion.mdwn b/hurd/translator/tmpfs/discussion.mdwn index 20aba837..8c332d84 100644 --- a/hurd/translator/tmpfs/discussion.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator/tmpfs/discussion.mdwn @@ -430,3 +430,40 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] <youpi> ok <youpi> but that indeed means writeback of ext2fs works, which is a good sign :) + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-10-04 + + <teythoon> btw, I noticed that fifos do not work on tmpfs + <braunr> teythoon: tmpfs seems limited, yes + <teythoon> that's annoying b/c /run is a tmpfs on Debian and sysvinit + creates a crontrol fifo there + <teythoon> I wonder why I didn't notice that before + <braunr> also, fifos, like symlinks, can be shortcircuited in libdiskfs + <braunr> i wonder if that has anything to do with the problem at hand + +[[mtab/discussion]], *Multiple mtab Translators Spawned*. + + <teythoon> b/c this breaks reboot & friends + <teythoon> I do too + <teythoon> b/c I cannot find any shortcut related code in tmpfs + <braunr> well, it's optional normally + <braunr> so that's ok + <braunr> but has it really been tested when the option wasn't there ? :) + <teythoon> yes, but the tmpfs requests this by setting diskfs_shortcut_fifo + = 1; + <pinotree> hm i remember tmpfs was said to be working with + sockets/fifos/etc, back then when it was fixed + <braunr> teythoon: oh + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-10-11 + + <teythoon> this will have to wait for the next hurd pkg unfortunately, b/c + I broke tmpfs by accident :-/ + <pinotree> how so? + <teythoon> the dropping of privileges broke passive translators and mkfifo + <braunr> there actually is a reason why those are run as root or with the + privilege of their owner + <braunr> privileges should be decoupled from identity + <teythoon> yes |