Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753975AbYHLW2B (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:28:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751876AbYHLW1u (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:27:50 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:57193 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751629AbYHLW1t (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:27:49 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:10:08 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Linus Torvalds Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi , Al Viro , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] readdir mess Message-ID: <20080812231008.7e2f8c6c@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <20080812062241.GQ28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <87ej4u9nf5.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87proe81c1.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <20080812224730.0e668dee@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 656 Lines: 15 > of EOVERFLOW are totally hidden by just distro differences over time. If > the binary I had hadn't been statically linked, I wouldn't have had a > chance, I suspect. Libc 2 still worked as of early 2.6. I've not tried it more recently as I recompiled rogue instead. > (Of course, static linking wasn't exactly unusual for really old binaries) Important ones anyway as you needed the exact matching libc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/