Re: Where to find vproc?

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 10:11:12PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> Hello
> 
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 10:08:19PM +0200, Bjoern Steinbrink wrote:
> > On Di, 2004-08-17 at 21:14, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 06:35:06PM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 04:58:38PM +0200, Bjoern Steinbrink wrote:
> > > > > On Di, 2004-08-17 at 14:37, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > > > > > Hello
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I have got a request to include vproc into util-vserver.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=258038
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Where can I find that tool, and do you think it will work with
> > > > > > the stable release of util-vserver?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Will work with stable util-vserver (they don't interact in any way
> > > > > anyways), but some switches may work in an unexpected way on vserver
> > > > > 1.9.x since the logic behind the flags changed, see [1].
> > > > > 
> > > > > Maybe you could enhance the tool to recognize the kernel version and 
> > > > > use
> > > > > flags accordingly, or simply backport setattr from the alpha branch?
> > > > > (IIRC setattr allows to set the flags directly, so it should work for
> > > > > both, old and new flag logic).
> > > > 
> > > > yes, setattr would be the better way to go, as the
> > > > vproc utility was just a quick and dirty hack as
> > > > all my userspace tools ;)
> > > 
> > > So you say that setattr (that is already included) is better than
> > > vproc?
> > 
> > Ah, i forgot to mention that the version of setattr included with the
> > stable tools does not allow to change the flags for proc entries, just
> 
> Ahh ok.
> 
> > the flags needed for unification. That's why i said you should backport
> > setattr from the unstable branch.
> 
> I see. Is the setattr from unstable well tested and backwards compatible?
> 
> I do not want to throw something into Debian right now (untested) because
> we are _very_ close to a release. But I do want support for 2.6 kernel. :)
> (I have not tested 2.6 kernel yet myself).

well, 2.6 linux-vserver aka. vs1.9.x IMHO requires 
the alpha util-vserver branch to become usable ...

talk with enrico to get more details ...

best,
Herbert

> Regards,
> 
> // Ola
> 
> > Sorry for any confusion I caused.
> > 
> > HTH
> > Bjoern
> > 
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