linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gen_init_cpio: remove leading `/' from file names

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikN_B-xq=Ge1gx-T5356K5ULd7u11y-mmS=BXMO@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 Oct 2010 10:51:39 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	Thomas Chou <thomas@...ron.com.tw>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nios2-dev@...c.et.ntust.edu.tw
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gen_init_cpio: remove leading `/' from file names

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 03:13, Thomas Chou wrote:
> When we extracted the generated cpio archive using "cpio -id" command,
> it complained,
>
> cpio: Removing leading `/' from member names
> var/run
> cpio: Removing leading `/' from member names
> var/lib
> cpio: Removing leading `/' from member names
> var/lib/misc
>
> It is worse with the latest "cpio" or "pax", which tries to overwrite
> the host file system with the leading '/'.

seems to work as intended on Blackfin systems, and i cant see any
reason to require the leading slash, so:
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
-mike
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