Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Nicholas Bamber
tag 661575 +help forwarded 661575 a...@purdue.edu thanks Abe, Thanks again for your work on lsof. There seems to be no support in the lsof code for the Hurd operating system. I cannot say I am surprised but it does I believe meet your criteria for support as it is readily available

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Nicholas Bamber, le Tue 24 Apr 2012 22:33:15 +0100, a écrit : There seems to be no support in the lsof code for the Hurd operating system. I cannot say I am surprised but it does I believe meet your criteria for support as it is readily available for download and installation as per

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Nicholas Bamber
On 24/04/12 23:14, Samuel Thibault wrote: Nicholas Bamber, le Tue 24 Apr 2012 22:33:15 +0100, a écrit : There seems to be no support in the lsof code for the Hurd operating system. I cannot say I am surprised but it does I believe meet your criteria for support as it is readily

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Nicholas Bamber, le Tue 24 Apr 2012 23:16:42 +0100, a écrit : AFAIK I think if the /proc filesystem had /proc/*/fd you'd be pretty much there. Of course, but that doesn't change the actual issue: I don't think there is any interface to actually implement /proc/*/fd either. I guess I

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Roland McGrath
Of course, but that doesn't change the actual issue: I don't think there is any interface to actually implement /proc/*/fd either. See msg.defs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Roland McGrath, le Tue 24 Apr 2012 16:34:52 -0700, a écrit : Of course, but that doesn't change the actual issue: I don't think there is any interface to actually implement /proc/*/fd either. See msg.defs. That will give only ports to the fds. How to get back to actual file paths? Samuel

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Nicholas Bamber
On 25/04/12 00:42, Samuel Thibault wrote: Roland McGrath, le Tue 24 Apr 2012 16:34:52 -0700, a écrit : Of course, but that doesn't change the actual issue: I don't think there is any interface to actually implement /proc/*/fd either. See msg.defs. That will give only ports to the fds. How

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Roland McGrath
Roland McGrath, le Tue 24 Apr 2012 16:34:52 -0700, a écrit : Of course, but that doesn't change the actual issue: I don't think there is any interface to actually implement /proc/*/fd either. See msg.defs. That will give only ports to the fds. How to get back to actual file paths?

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Vic Abell
Nicholas, You write: Thanks again for your work on lsof. There seems to be no support in the lsof code for the Hurd operating system. I cannot say I am surprised but it does I believe meet your criteria for support as it is readily available for download and installation

Bug#661575: lsof on Hurd

2012-04-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Nicholas Bamber, le Wed 25 Apr 2012 00:53:59 +0100, a écrit : That actually rings a bell from some other Hurd issue. Isn't there some bit of purest thinking that we have no right to assume that a file descripter actually implies a physical file, hence the question just cannot be asked. There