Messages in this thread | | | From | "NeilBrown" <> | Date | Fri, 2 May 2008 16:55:43 +1000 (EST) | Subject | Re: linux-2.6.25: 'mkdir -p' does not work with rootdir as mount point inside a read only filesystem |
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On Fri, May 2, 2008 2:52 pm, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:50:20 +0200 Lothar Wa__mann > <LW@KARO-electronics.de> wrote: > >> Hi, > > (y'know that ~4000 people read your email and hit 'n'? Except for me? > That's one bug I'd like to get fixed)
Tricky....
> >> when trying to create a directory path with 'mkdir -p' with the root >> being a mount point of a writeable filesystem that exists inside a >> read-only file system, mkdir return -EROFS.
My guess is that you have an old/buggy version of mkdir.
What does mkdir --version
say? Mine says: mkdir (GNU coreutils) 6.10 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. etc...
What does
strace mkdir -p /dev/.udev/db
show ???
NeilBrown
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