[BusyBox-cvs] [BusyBox 0000238]: RPM uses MMAP which may not be portable.

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED.
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<http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=238> 
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Reported By:                ekl
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   238
Category:                   Standards Compliance
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             04-28-2005 02:58 PDT
Last Modified:              04-28-2005 02:58 PDT
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Summary:                    RPM uses MMAP which may not be portable.
Description: 
Its my understanding that busybox was intended for embedded systems such as
uClinux.  However, I don't believe uClinux, being designed for MMU-less
systems, would have an MMU.  Therefore, the use of mmap() in rpm.c is
probably a bad idea and really kills the possibility of using that code on
mmu-less systems.

Sorry I don't have a patch to convert it, but the last time I looked at
the official rpm sources it didn't use mmap().
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Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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04-28-05 02:58 ekl            New Issue                                    
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