** Attachment added: "reduced test case" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/linux/+bug/817187/+attachment/2237126/+files/test-readlink.c
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #630902 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630902 ** Also affects: m4 (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630902 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Summary changed: - libvirt FTBFS on 2.6.39 and later kernels + change in readlink() errno in 2.6.39 and later kernels causes FTBFS for packages with older gnulib ** Description changed: This is due to the following: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-03/msg00308.html "coreutils' "make check" failed on rawhide due to a kernel change in how readlink and readlinkat treat the empty file name. Before, they'd fail with ENOENT. Now, it's EINVAL." - This will affect more than libvirt, (see Debian http://bugs.debian.org - /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630902) but the patch in the above bug can be - applied to gnulib/tests/test-areadlink.h to get these building again on - newer releases. This is SRU-worthy, as libvirt will not build once the - buildds are running newer kernels. + This was discovered when preparing security updates for libvirt, but + will affect more than libvirt, (see Debian http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- + bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=630902). For libvirt, the patch in the above bug + can be applied to gnulib/tests/test-areadlink.h to get these building + again on newer releases. This is SRU-worthy, as libvirt will not build + once the buildds are running newer kernels. If it is not SRUd before the + next security update, the security team will do it as part of their + update process. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to libvirt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/817187 Title: change in readlink() errno in 2.6.39 and later kernels causes FTBFS for packages with older gnulib To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/+bug/817187/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
