linux-kernel - Re: util-linux: orphan

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Message-ID: <4591E3BB.9070806@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:08:43 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Henne Vogelsang <hvogel@...e.de>, Olaf Hering <olh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: util-linux: orphan

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 18 December 2006 08:17, Karel Zak wrote:
>>         - remove FS/device detection code
>>           (libblkid from e2fsprogs or libvolumeid is replacement)
> 
> I saw that the current Fedora already dynamically links /bin/mount
> against /usr/lib/libblkid.so. This obviously does not work if
> /usr is a separate partition that needs to be mounted with /bin/mount.
> I also had problems with selinux claiming I had no right to access
> libblkid, which meant that the root fs could not be remounted r/w.
> 
> I'd suggest that you make sure that mount always gets statically linked
> against libblkid to avoid these problems.
> 

That's a pretty silly statement.  The real issue is that any library 
needed by binaries in /bin or /sbin should live in /lib, not /usr/lib.

	-hpa
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