[Unionfs] unionfs with mmap support breaks apt-get

[Michael Prokop]

* Shaya Potter <spotter at cs.columbia.edu> [20060323 00:10]:
> On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 23:37 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote:

> > starting with mmap support in unionfs the current cvs snapshots
> > cause problems with apt-get on Debian running kernel 2.6.16.

> > Running 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade' results in:

> > [...]
> > E: I wasn't able to locate file for the $FOO package. This might
> > mean you need to manually fix this package.

> > I had no time to take a closer look at apt's sources, but it
> > definitely uses mmap. So far I just tracked down that it's related
> > to the mmap support within unionfs:

> really? I use it w/ apt-get all the time.
[...]

Yes. I'm running dpkg version 1.13.17, apt version 0.6.43.3 using an
up2date Debian unstable system with kernel 2.6.16 and unionfs with
the "Knoppix-like layout" in Live-CD mode.

HTH && regards,
-mika-
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