Re: [PATCH] Resolving a sandbox violation when compiling lirc inside a sandbox

[<li...@ba...>]

Hi!

Matthias Schwarzott "zz...@ge..." wrote:
[...]
>>> Compiling lirc inside a sandbox against Kernel 2.6.19 will lead to a
>>> sandbox-violation creating some files inside /usr/src/linux.
>>>
>>> The problematic-code is inside acinclude.m4, one line is this:
>>> make -s -C ${kerneldir} -f ${ac_pkss_makefile} lirc_tell_me_what_cc_is
>>>
>>> Attached patch (created by Daniel Drake <ds...@ge...>) will solve that
>>> issue by letting Makefiles create its tmp-files inside lirc-directory.
>>> It is applicable against lirc-cvs.
>>
>> The attached patch does not change the location of the file.
>>

> Now as Kernel 2.6.19.2 will appear in a few days and does contain a fix that
> will work in combination with the patch I submitted this topic can be
> brought up now.

Ok, I now see that besides changing backtick to $() notation there is  
another change that I overlooked the last time.
Can you explain what "M=$(pwd)" is doing and which kernel versions are  
affected?

Christoph