[PATCH] mkfs.jffs2: fix dir creation in /

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 05:54 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> diff --git a/mkfs.jffs2.c b/mkfs.jffs2.c
> index 7255536..a419bb8 100644
> --- a/mkfs.jffs2.c
> +++ b/mkfs.jffs2.c
> @@ -565,7 +565,10 @@ static int interpret_table_entry(struct filesystem_entry *root, char *line)
>  		 * try and find our parent now) */
>  		tmp = strdup(name);
>  		dir = dirname(tmp);
> -		parent = find_filesystem_entry(root, dir, S_IFDIR);
> +		if (!strcmp(dir, "/"))
> +			parent = root;
> +		else
> +			parent = find_filesystem_entry(root, dir, S_IFDIR);
>  		free(tmp);
>  		if (parent == NULL) {
>  			error_msg ("skipping device_table entry '%s': no parent directory!", name);

I think that you should instead modify 'find_filesystem_entry()' and
make it return the root (of the tree you build the image for, AFAIU)
when you call it like 'find_filesystem_entry(root, "/", S_IFDIR)'. Looks
more logical to me.

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Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)