Basic Directory Layout

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This package installs the basic directory structure. It also includes
the home directories of system users.

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Filename Size Changed
LICENSE.txt 0000001023 1023 Bytes
directory.list 0000003980 3.89 KB
directory.list64 0000000104 104 Bytes
directory.list64-x86_64 0000000147 147 Bytes
filesystem.changes 0000071636 70 KB
filesystem.spec 0000009167 8.95 KB
ghost.list 0000000882 882 Bytes
ghost.list64 0000000032 32 Bytes
languages 0000000644 644 Bytes
languages.man 0000000109 109 Bytes
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Stefan Kluth's avatar

Dear filesystem,

I have a somewhat tricky problem with this package: when building a singularity container image with singularity build --fakeroot <name>.sif <name>.def an error

error: unpacking of archive failed on file /dev: cpio: chown

is thrown. Everything else installs fine.

Looking at the "directory.list" there is an entry

0755 root root /dev

which could possibly be the source of the error.

In a container, /dev is by default bind-mounted from the host and thus trying to create /dev during the install causes the error. Other bind-mounted directories exist (/tmp, /proc, /sys), with different permissions from /dev in your .list files, and these don't cause problems.

Do you think filesystem could be made to test if a /dev already exists (because it installs in a container with /dev bind-mounted from the host) and then don't install, or use different permissions, or do something else graceful?

Regards, Stefan

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