Subject: Re: problem with tmpfs and linux emulation?
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: current-users
Date: 11/08/2005 18:53:23
YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp> writes:
>> >> I just installed the linux binary of openoffice2.  It can't list
>> >> the files in /tmp; it can list files elsewhere.  /tmp is a tmpfs
>> >> file system -- might this be related?  ktruss wasn't very illuminating.
>> >
>> >i guess that you need to implement "friendly" directory offsets.
>> >
>> I'm afraid I don't understand.
>
> currently tmpfs directory cookies are composed in
> a somewhat "strange" manner.  while it shouldn't be a problem for
> native "correct" applications, it can be for emulations and/or
> broken applications.  (mount_nfs -X is for the same problem.)

Any idea when/if this might be fixed?

Perry