[Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#367132: user-mode-linux: Please change the default uml_switch.ctl path

[Mattia Dongili]

Hello,

On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 12:45:32AM +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote:
> Package: user-mode-linux
> Version: 2.6.16-1um-2
> Severity: minor
> 
> uml_switch, part of uml-utilities is configured to put its socket into
> /var/run/uml-utilities/ by default.

Hummm...:
$ uml_switch
uml_switch attached to unix socket '/tmp/uml.ctl'
Caught signal 2, cleaning up and exiting

> Although there is a patch debian/patches/uml_switch.diff against
> arch/um/drivers/daemon_kern.c, it is not used. Apart from the path, it
> still applies cleanly against the 2.6.16 version.

The patch is unapplied on purpose, I'd rather avoid having too many
differences with upstream releases and instead slightly push to have
modifications discussed and applied.

> Please include the patch again for the next version, so something like
> "linux ubd0=diskimage eth0=daemon" will just work out of the box.

It should already be working, if this is not the case the we have a
different bug :)

bye
-- 
mattia
:wq!