On 08/04/2011 09:22 AM, Invisible wrote:
> The programmer didn't read the documentation for the tools and libraries
> he's using. (He probably wouldn't understand it anyway!) As such, the
> software actually /depends on/ all the undocumented, undefined or just
> plain erroneous behaviour of the compiler, the runtime and the libraries.

Sounds a bit like the early days of squashfs (re: my previous post on 
the topic) ... I never could get the tools to compile correctly for what 
can only be some of the very issue's that you've raised. What ended up 
solving the problem was building a VM, installing an older kernel 
(major/minor number change for the fs type), mount the filesystem, then 
copy to a alternate location, insert the fix, and remake the squashfs 
with tools compiled with a more up to date compiler, libraries ... etc. 
I was ready to scream before it was over and done with! LOL ... there's 
a lot to be said for doing things old school. Lot of poorly executed, 
and not very well thought out on how it's going to be supported, 
software out there these days.

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