Comment 6 for bug 1245703

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Peter Maydell (pmaydell) wrote : Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1245703] Re: LD_PREFIX option reads directories recursively in an endless loop

On 26 March 2015 at 21:37, Ross Burton <email address hidden> wrote:
> We're (Yocto Project) hit this often. We're building a root file system
> and then using userspace qemu to run binaries inside it (such as fc-
> cache). If a cyclic symlink appears in the rootfs, it blows up.

If you're actually building a rootfs then you're probably
better off using binfmt-misc and chrooting into it rather
than using -L. -L really isn't intended to point at a
full rootfs.

-- PMM