Re: Linux ISO-9660 Rock Ridge bug needs fix

From: Ismail Donmez
Date: Tue Oct 17 2006 - 14:39:42 EST


17 Eki 2006 Sal 21:32 tarihinde, Joerg Schilling ÅunlarÄ yazmÄÅtÄ:
> Ismail Donmez <ismail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Well, this is why I did offer a preliminary version of thelatest
> > > mkisofs sources.....
> >
> > Well a simple mkisofs some_file > test.iso and mounting that on a loop
> > device worked fine.
> >
> > > But note: your patch does not fix the original implementation bug and
> > > it is most unlikely that the hack will do the right things in all
> > > cases.
> >
> > Well I don't know whats the original implementation bug and rock.c seems
> > to be pretty much old with no active maintainer.
>
> Please read again my original mail....
>
> 1) you need to create images with Rock Ridge

Well tried -force-rr and it didn't generate Rock Ridge either.

> 2) a correct implementation is prepared to deal with more recent versions
> without a need for new changes.
>
> So, if the implementation does not deal with the new version _without_
> explicitely knowing about v1.12 it is still broken.

I am not sure how is this possible, maybe should check how OpenSolaris does
this. No time for that now.

Regards,
ismail
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