Bug#819465: /sbin/losetup: losetup -l -a fails to work when /dev/loop/ (directory) exists

2016-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 03:27:00PM +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > > > Any comments to convince me to reconsider closing this as wontfix? > > > > All I can add is that I have no preference for which way (old/new) that > > loop nodes are represented in the filesystem, but that, for control in >

Bug#819465: /sbin/losetup: losetup -l -a fails to work when /dev/loop/ (directory) exists

2016-11-06 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello Zenaan Harkness. Thanks for quick followup On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 12:33:10AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 12:38:01PM +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > > > FWIW, I think it is much tidier to have all loop devices in a sub > > > directory of /dev/ , but my persona

Bug#819465: /sbin/losetup: losetup -l -a fails to work when /dev/loop/ (directory) exists

2016-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 12:38:01PM +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > > FWIW, I think it is much tidier to have all loop devices in a sub > > directory of /dev/ , but my personal scripts need their own directory > > anyway, and I think that /dev/loop/ should contain all "default" / > > "auto genera

Bug#819465: /sbin/losetup: losetup -l -a fails to work when /dev/loop/ (directory) exists

2016-11-06 Thread Andreas Henriksson
Hello Zenaan Harkness. Thanks for your bug report. On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 01:03:50PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Package: mount > Version: 2.25.2-6 > Severity: normal > File: /sbin/losetup > > Dear Maintainer, > > Not sure if this is upstream. > > BUG: losetup fails to list loop devices i

Bug#819465: /sbin/losetup: losetup -l -a fails to work when /dev/loop/ (directory) exists

2016-03-28 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Package: mount Version: 2.25.2-6 Severity: normal File: /sbin/losetup Dear Maintainer, Not sure if this is upstream. BUG: losetup fails to list loop devices in use when /dev/loop directory exists. I thought the /dev/loop-control file was all that was needed by losetup, but perhaps not - it's be