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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] reiserfs module for pygrub

To: Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] reiserfs module for pygrub
From: aq <aquynh@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:43:59 +0900
Cc: Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 5/19/05, Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Please can you add something to the tools/check directory
> > that checks
> > > the appropriate headers are installed.
> >
> > yes, that is easy.
> >
> > >Also, at runtime, are there
> > > issues with libraries being present?
> >
> > what kind of issues do you want to mention?
> 
> Well, what happens if you build the tools on a box that does have the
> reiserfs header files and shared libraries, but then try running them on
> a box without.
> 
> The desired behaviour would be that the tools work fine until you try to
> access a reiserfs partition, whereupon they report an error gracefully.
> 
> Undesirable behaviour would be refusing to run at all, or crashing if
> presented with a resierfs patition.
> 
> > >Can you load the library
> > > dynamically if required?
> > >
> >
> > i dont understand why you want to load libs "dynamically"?
> 
> To be able to work without the reiserfs present we may need to load it
> dynamically. (same for ext3, but that's more widely installed).

i see the point. this should be in TODO list, and solve later.

regards,
aq

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