> On 19-08-2016, at 4:32 PM, Levente Uzonyi <leves at caesar.elte.hu> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2016, Fabio Niephaus wrote:
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>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 11:31 PM tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
>> 
>>      > On 19-08-2016, at 12:41 PM, Fabio Niephaus <lists at fniephaus.com> wrote:
>>      >
>>      > Thanks for the bug reports. I've fixed the regex bug and found a way to ensure "find" ignores dot files.
>> 
>>      Excellent.
>> 
>>      > But why do you think ensure_conf_file needs to depend upon the kernel level?
>> 
>>      Because the issue was fixed in the kernel some time ago. Unfortunately I couldn’t tell you exactly when, but the Pi stopped needing the file addition around 18 months ago. That’s around the time
>>      the kernel was bumped up to v 4 I think. Whether it is any sort of problem to have such a file when it isn’t required… I don’t know. It’s certainly less alarming for any user if the script doesn’t
>>      demand their superuser password!
>> Can someone shed some light on this or do some more digging? When exactly do we need a squeak.conf? Any other ideas how to deal with this?
> 
> You always need it when you use an ht VM. Without the file the VM will not start (unless you run it as root, but that's something you wouldn't do, would you?).
> All VMs built by the CI are ht VMs, so the file is a must.


This is not strictly true; recent kernels simply don’t cause the problem. My Pi just doesn’t need the file and hasn’t for 18+ months. I’ve checked for it pre-existing and it doesn’t. I’ve been delivering the PI system with an ht based vm for a long time now and millions of people use it daily.


> The file has no effect on kernels before 2.6.X (basically 10+ years old), so checking the version is unnecessary (the VM would probably not start anyway due to C library differences).
> 
> Levente
> 
>> Fabio
>>  
>> 
>>      tim
>>      --
>>      tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
>>      Oxymorons: Good grief
> 


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