[Unionfs] corruption of rpm database with unionfs (and ldconfig)

[Erez Zadok]

In message <47FF0FE1.3010505 at psi.ch>, Urs Beyerle writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I still see the same problem (or a similar one) on Scientific Linux 4 
> (RHEL Kernel 2.6.9-67.0.7.EL) with latest unionfs-2.3.2_for_2.6.9-final. 
> Did the fix also went to unionfs-2.3.2_for_2.6.9-final?

Hi Urs,

No, the recent changes we've made to unionfs which had fixed a number of
problems, including Olivier Blin's RPM database corruption, applied only to
unionfs versions for kernels 2.6.23 and higher.  The reason for this
kernel-version cutoff is that in kernels prior to 2.6.23, the vm_operations
API was different and more complex.

We can investigate the earlier vm_ops API and what it'd take to use it for
kernels before 2.6.23, but you have to do something for me first: open a
bugzilla report with *all* the gory details. :-)

Thanks,
Erez.