[Nix-dev] [Nix-commits] [NixOS/nixpkgs] 5a475f: utillinux: fixing mount/umount, for our case of /e...

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 01:24:32PM +0100, Eelco Dolstra wrote:
> On 16/12/12 15:44, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> 
> >   Branch: refs/heads/master
> >   Home:   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
> >   Commit: 5a475f72501f4fafd90342db2b22651fde40b097
> >       https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/5a475f72501f4fafd90342db2b22651fde40b097
> >   Author: Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name>
> >   Date:   2012-12-16 (Sun, 16 Dec 2012)
> > 
> >   Changed paths:
> >     M pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux/default.nix
> > 
> >   Log Message:
> >   -----------
> >   utillinux: fixing mount/umount, for our case of /etc/mtab symlinking to /proc/mounts
> 
> This breaks VM builds (see e.g. http://hydra.nixos.org/build/3509195).
> 
> > In systemd, without this patch, 'mount' for 'user' fstab devices works, but
> > umount does not; it says to require root.
> 
> Don't "user" fstab devices (an obsolete concept, btw) require a setuid mount
> program?

Hello,

Yes. We have setuid mount and umount. But umount didn't work without the patch
in systemd. No idea why.

Are such obsolete concepts depreated already? :)