Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 27 Jun 2001 03:43:48 -0400 (EDT) | | From | Alexander Viro <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] User chroot |
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:40:36PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote: > > > You need /dev/zero to get anywhere near the normal behaviour of the > > system. > > Not commenting on the original patch, I think requiring /dev/zero for > a 'usable' system should be considered a [g]libc bug. /dev/zero should > be present, but if not, [g]libc should have fall-back mechanisms to > deal with things.
Frankly, glibc already has too many fall-back mechanisms of various kinds. Several things Should Be There(tm). /dev/zero, /dev/null and /dev/tty are definitely among them.
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