Re: RFC: user-config alt path in Linux emulation

2001-02-02 Thread Marcel Moolenaar
Andrea Campi wrote: > > When running a Linux binary in Linux compat mode, all calls to open(), > readdir() and such, end up calling linux_emul_find() from linux_util.c. > This functions looks for a directory/file with the same name in the > /compat/linux hierarchy. > The net effect is that there

Re: RFC: user-config alt path in Linux emulation

2001-02-01 Thread Andrea Campi
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 12:50:58PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Andrea Campi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The net effect is that there is no way to, for instance, back up the > > real /usr from Tivoli, etc... as there is no way to get to a real path > > if there is anything with the s

Re: RFC: user-config alt path in Linux emulation

2001-01-31 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Andrea Campi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The net effect is that there is no way to, for instance, back up the > real /usr from Tivoli, etc... as there is no way to get to a real path > if there is anything with the same name inside /compat/linux. Loopback NFS mount. -- Christian "naddy" Weisg

RFC: user-config alt path in Linux emulation

2001-01-31 Thread Andrea Campi
Background: When running a Linux binary in Linux compat mode, all calls to open(), readdir() and such, end up calling linux_emul_find() from linux_util.c. This functions looks for a directory/file with the same name in the /compat/linux hierarchy. The net effect is that there is no way to, for in