Bug#482974: [Debian] Re: Bug#482974: vzctl: vzctl start fails with "Unable to set capability: Invalid argument"

[Kir Kolyshkin]

Ola,

We plan to have it ready in two weeks. The patch that fixes the issue is 
in git [1] and I suggest you to take it and build a bugfix update to 3.0.22

[1] 
http://git.openvz.org/?p=vzctl;a=commit;h=0d6bfad92c7cb6a193801ce8dac3a0dc64396ca8
Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> Hi
>
> Ok, I see. This is a problem on all other platforms than i386. The reason
> is that they are automatically built. If the kernel information is wrong
> on the build machine it will get this problem.
>
> When is the next release?
>
> Best regards,
>
> // Ola
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:47:50PM +0400, Kir Kolyshkin wrote:
>   
>> It's just that vzctl needs a header (capability.h, usually this is 
>> /usr/include/linux/capability.h) from an older kernel (i.e. pre 2.6.24).
>> We hope to fix this in the next vzctl release.
>>
>> Ola Lundqvist wrote:
>>     
>>> Hej Marcus
>>>
>>> I'll try to get some comments from upstream about this. I was not
>>> aware of the build dependency towards the kernel.
>>>
>>> Kir or anyone else in the openvz group, can you describe this to me?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> // Ola
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 12:28:25PM +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Package: vzctl
>>>> Severity: grave
>>>> Version: 3.0.22-8
>>>>
>>>> This started happening recently:
>>>>
>>>> ~# vzctl start 107   
>>>> Starting VE ...              
>>>> VE is mounted                
>>>> Unable to set capability: Invalid argument
>>>> Unable to set capability                  
>>>> VE start failed                           
>>>> VE is unmounted 
>>>>
>>>> Downgrading temporarily to 3.0.11-13 fixed it, but I believe the
>>>> problem was introduced in 3.0.22-7. According to upstream it is caused
>>>> by compiling against a mis-matched version of
>>>> /usr/include/linux/capability.h.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running a self-compiled 2.6.24 OpenVZ kernel.
>>>>
>>>> -- System Information:
>>>> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>>>>  APT prefers testing
>>>>  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
>>>> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>>>>
>>>> Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-melech (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
>>>> Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>>>> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>>>>
>>>>
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