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tail error

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Pascal <patatetom <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 22233, 22393, 22839, 22977, 23125, 23250, 28970, 29330, 29530, 29894, 30482

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

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bug#22151; Package coreutils. (Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:04:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Pascal <patatetom <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: tail error
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:04:17 +0100

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hi,
tail reports this on a particular file :

tail: unrecognized file system type 0x794c7630 for '/var/log/xxx.log'.
please report this to bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org. reverting to polling

the file system used is :

/dev/loop0 /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs squashfs ro,relatime 0 0
airootfs / overlay
rw,relatime,lowerdir=/run/archiso/sfs/airootfs,upperdir=/run/archiso/cowspace/persistent_live/x86_64/upperdir,workdir=/run/archiso/cowspace/persistent_live/x86_64/workdir
0 0

this is a live cd of archlinux build with archiso.

regards, lacsaP.

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Information forwarded to bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org:
bug#22151; Package coreutils. (Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:15:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 22151 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Pascal <patatetom <at> gmail.com>, 22151 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22151: tail error
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:14:14 +0000

On 12/12/15 13:04, Pascal wrote:
> hi,
> tail reports this on a particular file :
> 
> tail: unrecognized file system type 0x794c7630 for '/var/log/xxx.log'. please report this to bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org <mailto:bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>. reverting to polling
> 
> the file system used is :
> 
> /dev/loop0 /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs squashfs ro,relatime 0 0
> airootfs / overlay rw,relatime,lowerdir=/run/archiso/sfs/airootfs,upperdir=/run/archiso/cowspace/persistent_live/x86_64/upperdir,workdir=/run/archiso/cowspace/persistent_live/x86_64/workdir 0 0
> 
> this is a live cd of archlinux build with archiso.
> 
> regards, lacsaP.

Interesting. I see that the following is not defined
in the standard linux/magic.h location:
#define OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x794c7630

I'll fix that up, and see if there is a handy way
to identify other MAGIC values in the kernel.

thanks,
Pádraig
Reply sent to Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sun, 13 Dec 2015 15:21:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to Pascal <patatetom <at> gmail.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Sun, 13 Dec 2015 15:21:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #13 received at 22151-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Pascal <patatetom <at> gmail.com>, 22151-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22151: tail error
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 15:20:44 +0000

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On 12/12/15 19:14, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 12/12/15 13:04, Pascal wrote:
>> hi,
>> tail reports this on a particular file :
>>
>> tail: unrecognized file system type 0x794c7630 for '/var/log/xxx.log'. please report this to bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org <mailto:bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>. reverting to polling
>>
>> the file system used is :
>>
>> /dev/loop0 /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs squashfs ro,relatime 0 0
>> airootfs / overlay rw,relatime,lowerdir=/run/archiso/sfs/airootfs,upperdir=/run/archiso/cowspace/persistent_live/x86_64/upperdir,workdir=/run/archiso/cowspace/persistent_live/x86_64/workdir 0 0
>>
>> this is a live cd of archlinux build with archiso.
>>
>> regards, lacsaP.
> 
> Interesting. I see that the following is not defined
> in the standard linux/magic.h location:
> #define OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x794c7630
> 
> I'll fix that up, and see if there is a handy way
> to identify other MAGIC values in the kernel.

Patch attached.

thanks,
Pádraig

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bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:24:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 22151 22393. Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:30:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 22151 22233 22393 22839 22977 23125. Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:11:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 23125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Adrian Bone <adrianbone <at> iinet.net.au> Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:15:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 22151 22233 22393 22839 22977 23125 23250. Request was from Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 09 Apr 2016 02:20:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 07 May 2016 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:41:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 22151 22233 22393 22839 22977 23125 23250 28970. Request was from Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:41:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 22151 22233 22393 22839 22977 23125 23250 28970 29330. Request was from Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:57:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 22151 22233 22393 22839 22977 23125 23250 28970 29330 29530. Request was from Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:27:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 22151 22233 22393 22839 22977 23125 23250 28970 29330 29530 29894. Request was from Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:49:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 27 Jan 2018 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 16 Feb 2018 07:55:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 22151 22233 22393 22839 22977 23125 23250 28970 29330 29530 29894 30482. Request was from Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 16 Feb 2018 07:55:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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