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Date:      Thu, 09 May 2013 07:27:15 -0600
From:      Jamie Gritton <jamie@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>, Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer@omnilan.de>, freebsd-jail@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: new jail(8) ignoring devfs_ruleset?
Message-ID:  <518BA433.6050605@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130509091738.GC4437@caravan.chchile.org>
References:  <511E61F5.1000805@omnilan.de> <511EC759.4060704@FreeBSD.org> <5121EC52.5040502@omnilan.de> <20130219212430.GA92116@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> <514B9EF6.3000607@quip.cz> <514BA14F.3090609@FreeBSD.org> <514BA3D9.5010901@quip.cz> <514BAA01.20402@FreeBSD.org> <20130509091738.GC4437@caravan.chchile.org>

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On 05/09/13 03:17, Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 06:46:57PM -0600, Jamie Gritton wrote:
>>
>> It's not fixed anywhere yet - it sometimes works in current, and
>> sometimes doesn't. I've been meaning to patch it up, but it the problem
>> is what I think it is, the patching up is a pretty big operation.
>>
>> It doesn't mean you can't use jails with devfs in 9.1, just that you
>> can't use them with jail.conf. The old jail rc file that's all
>> shell-based is still the official jail startup method, and that one
>> still works. So existing systems will still work as expected, hence no
>> errata.
>
> Shouldn't we warn the user about that in the manpage though?

Well really we ought to fix it. I guess the man page could have
something in the meantime, about an assumption that when you specify a
devfs ruleset, that the ruleset in question must actually exist at the time.

- Jamie



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