mkfs.ubifs problem when output file really isn't in the UBIFS root directory

[Marcus Prebble]

On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 11:30 +0200, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 11:04 +0200, Marcus Prebble wrote:
> > Apologies for the long-winded explanation - but the output file really
> > isn't in the the root directory, even though apparently the inodes are
> > the same. 
> 
> Well, ok, this is a bug. But I think the solution for this should _not_
> be a separate "--band-aid" type of option.

Agree entirely. --band-aid was just used as a proof-of-concept.

>  We should kill 'in_path()'
> and implement a 'is_contained(file, dir)' function, which would return
> true if 'dir' contains 'file' and false otherwise.

I will implement and come back with a patch when I have time.

Thanks again for your input,

/Marcus


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