On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:36:41AM +0000, Penguin Lover Alan Mackenzie squawked: > How did this breakage happen? I would guess that at the time the > installation procedure was devised, this line > > # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev > > worked perfectly OK, since /dev didn't have any subdirectories. Some > time recently, /dev acquired subdirectories (e.g. /dev/pts), but nobody > realised this would render the chrooted system less capable.
Just to be pedantic. Not subdirectories. 'mount --bind' binds the directory tree. What /dev picked up was submounts, which is why you issued 'mount --rbind' as a workaround. (The mount manpage I think has something about devpts.) I wonder if 'mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts' is a better workaround for your problem, though. Cheers, W -- M: Hot almond milk. Best stuff on earth. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1098 days, 14:03
