It's virtual device. AFAIK mock doesn't bind /dev in chroot On 4/12/08, Deji Akingunola <dakingun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Lennart Poettering > <mzerqung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 11.04.08 22:07, Deji Akingunola (dakingun@xxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Can someone please explain (and possibly provide a solution) to me why > > > the code below is failing in mock buildroot. It is run to check if the > > > 'shm_open' function works when configuring latest mpich2 package, and > > > its result is used to create a definition that's used later when > > > compiling the package. The code runs fine (and the package builds fine > > > too) on my rawhide system. > > > Thanks. > > > > Is /dev/shm/ available in the chroot env? > > I have no idea; I ran 'rpm -q --whatprovides /dev/shm' on my system > and it returned 'file /dev/shm is not owned by any package', I wonder > how it get created. Thanks for your response. > > > Deji > > > > shm_open() is basically the > > same as open(), however, it prepends /dev/shm to the file name. If > > that dir is not writable (should be mounted as tmpfs) shm_open() fails, > > > > Lennart > > > > -- > > Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. > > lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 > > http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4 > > > > -- > > fedora-devel-list mailing list > > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > > > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- http://scwlab.com -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list