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

[Hilko Bengen]

Mattia Dongili <malattia at linux.it> writes:

> 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

Sorry for not being being precise enough. By "configured", I
originally meant the uml-utilities conffiles.

When you install uml-utilities and comment out the
UML_SWITCH_START="false" line in /etc/default/uml-utlities, the init
script will start one instance of uml-switch automatically on boot,
with the mentioned location:

UML_SWITCH_CTL="/var/run/uml-utilities/uml_switch.ctl"

>> 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.

I don't know how upstream feels about this, but since they are
probably not concerned with GNU/Linux distributions (and FHS issues),
I'd expect that they feel it is a non-issue for them.

Since the default path is only a minor deviation from upstream and
since it will benefit users who use the mechanisms added by the
uml-utlities package, I'd rather have the patch applied again.

Cheers,
-Hilko