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Date:      Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:33:38 +0100
From:      simon <simon@nitro.dk>
To:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bumping a pet bug
Message-ID:  <d56e9dd1453df77df868fa3cbb33a0ff@nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20120121233757.GB31224@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
References:  <4F14F4FF.902@erdgeist.org> <20120120230300.GE87357@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <cf3505af4577b689ea951e21ef51bcb5@nitro.dk> <20120121233757.GB31224@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:37:57 +0200, Kostik Belousov wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 11:43:06PM +0100, Simon L. B. Nielsen wrote:
>> I think in most cases if devfs mount fails you will likely not end 
>> up
>> with a jail where you can do much... rather many things expect 
>> /dev/null
>> etc.
>>
>> It is possible to just disable the devfs mount completely for a jail 
>> if
>> you want the jail to start up anyway without devfs so I think it 
>> would
>> be OK to simply skip the jail if we cannot mount devfs - and 
>> complain
>> loudly.
>>
>> Anybody have any cases where this would be a problem?
> Just curious. Why devfs mounts can fail ?

If $JAIL/dev doesn't exist or if one has messed up the devfs rulset 
configuration are two reasons I can think of.

-- 
Simon




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