Bug reports

Bug reports

[Tom McCabe]

Bug #1: When rootfs_template is tarred and untarred,
the files get covered in DOS ^M carriage return
characters, which causes the scripts MAKEDEV and
MAKESET to crash.

Bug #2: When the root disk is mounted and put
together, it's registered as full at 352 KB, even
though all the files added up only take up 300 KB.

Bug #3: elkscmd/ash/Makefile generates a hardlink of
/bin/ash at /bin/sh instead of a softlink, taking up
extra space.

Bug #4: bootblocks/makeboot.c doesn't include
<stdlib.h>.

Bug #5: version.h, which bootblocks/monitor.c
includes, isn't found there and has to be copied over
from somewhere else.

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Re: Bug reports

[Jody]

I'm not seeing "bootblocks" anywhere in elks, elkscmd, or elksnet. 
Where is this coming from?

Tom McCabe wrote:
> Bug #1: When rootfs_template is tarred and untarred,
> the files get covered in DOS ^M carriage return
> characters, which causes the scripts MAKEDEV and
> MAKESET to crash.
> 
> Bug #2: When the root disk is mounted and put
> together, it's registered as full at 352 KB, even
> though all the files added up only take up 300 KB.
> 
> Bug #3: elkscmd/ash/Makefile generates a hardlink of
> /bin/ash at /bin/sh instead of a softlink, taking up
> extra space.
> 
> Bug #4: bootblocks/makeboot.c doesn't include
> <stdlib.h>.
> 
> Bug #5: version.h, which bootblocks/monitor.c
> includes, isn't found there and has to be copied over
> from somewhere else.
> 
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Re: Bug reports

[Gregg C Levine]

Hello!
For Bug #1 it is possible that it was corrupted that way by the very last
person to construct it. No not you Jody, it could be anyone. To remove those
^M characters you can use the dos2unix command to remove them.

As for the others, your guess is as good as mine. I confess that I haven't
been doing much with ELKS within the past few months.

But I am pleased that the list has revived from its long hibernation, and
deeply saddened by the passing of our original manager.
--
GCL obiwankenobithejediknight@worldnet.att.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom McCabe" <rocketjet314@yahoo.com>
To: <linux-8086@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 9:19 PM
Subject: Bug reports


> Bug #1: When rootfs_template is tarred and untarred,
> the files get covered in DOS ^M carriage return
> characters, which causes the scripts MAKEDEV and
> MAKESET to crash.
>
> Bug #2: When the root disk is mounted and put
> together, it's registered as full at 352 KB, even
> though all the files added up only take up 300 KB.
>
> Bug #3: elkscmd/ash/Makefile generates a hardlink of
> /bin/ash at /bin/sh instead of a softlink, taking up
> extra space.
>
> Bug #4: bootblocks/makeboot.c doesn't include
> <stdlib.h>.
>
> Bug #5: version.h, which bootblocks/monitor.c
> includes, isn't found there and has to be copied over
> from somewhere else.
>
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Re: Bug reports

[Alan Cox]

On Sul, 2006-05-07 at 18:19 -0700, Tom McCabe wrote:
> Bug #1: When rootfs_template is tarred and untarred,
> the files get covered in DOS ^M carriage return
> characters, which causes the scripts MAKEDEV and
> MAKESET to crash.
> 
> Bug #2: When the root disk is mounted and put
> together, it's registered as full at 352 KB, even
> though all the files added up only take up 300 KB.

Probably not a bug - inode blocks and superblock etc all borrow some
plus you use it in 1K chunks of data and then blocks for indirection on
bigger files.

> Bug #3: elkscmd/ash/Makefile generates a hardlink of
> /bin/ash at /bin/sh instead of a softlink, taking up
> extra space.

Hard link is just a directory entry into the inode. Softlink takes a
data block...