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

[Mattia Dongili]

On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 12:55:02PM +0200, Hilko Bengen wrote:
> Mattia Dongili <malattia at linux.it> writes:
[...]
> 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"

Doh, right! Sorry for not getting it in the first place

> >> 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.

Actually they accept patches also for FHS issues :)
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=cb98cdcd0dd892dcaec7dabd57c3b00890006b61

> Since the default path is only a minor deviation from upstream and

But it will break setups for people willing to roll their own uml
kernels (or using binaries from sources other than debian's).

> since it will benefit users who use the mechanisms added by the
> uml-utlities package, I'd rather have the patch applied again.

why not simply change our script to use the default in /tmp?

-- 
mattia
:wq!