Bug#417396: quotatool: sometimes fail to read correct block device

2007-06-09 Thread Vincent . McIntyre
> I plan to wait for a new upstream version before uplaoding a new > package, but I could provide you with an updated version if you want. that's ok. It only affects the test rig, not production use. Thanks for taking the time to look into it. Cheers Vince -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Bug#417396: quotatool: sometimes fail to read correct block device

2007-06-09 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
forwarded 417396 johanATekenbergDOTse tag 417396 + pending tag 417396 + patch thanks Hi Vincent! You wrote: > I did some tests with real filesystems on block devices, instead of > loopback devices, on an etch system that previously exhibited the bug. > (nis 3.17-6, libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13) I finally

Bug#417396: quotatool: sometimes fail to read correct block device

2007-05-13 Thread Vincent . McIntyre
just to folow up on this. I did some tests with real filesystems on block devices, instead of loopback devices, on an etch system that previously exhibited the bug. (nis 3.17-6, libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13) While the system still showed the bug with ext3 filesystem images mounted via /dev/loopN, it did n

Bug#417396: quotatool: sometimes fail to read correct block device

2007-04-02 Thread Vincent . McIntyre
> > are in the same autofs+NIS environment as the etch boxes above. > > On those hosts, quotatool (1.4.7-1) works. > > Ok, that's pretty weird. I'm particularly amazed that 1.4.7 does work, > as the changes with 1.4.9 are very minor. So that really suggests some > kind of glibc or yp bug. Could

Bug#417396: quotatool: sometimes fail to read correct block device

2007-04-02 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Vincent! Thanks for your report! You wrote: > I was doing some tests of quotatool and found that on some combinations > of package versions it would fail because it was trying to do a quotactl() > call to a block device name with an extra octal byte appended, e.g. > quotactl(Q_GETFMT|USRQUO

Bug#417396: quotatool: sometimes fail to read correct block device

2007-04-02 Thread Vincent McIntyre
Package: quotatool Version: 1.4.9-2 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** Hi, this may need a retitle once we narrow down what is actually going wrong. I was doing some tests of quotatool and found that on some combinations of package versions it would fail because it