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| author | Robert McQueen <rob@endlessm.com> | 2017-11-23 12:05:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Atomic Bot <atomic-devel@projectatomic.io> | 2017-11-23 14:47:12 +0000 |
| commit | bdf0f8c554859784a7196f2688c047e212a3cefa (patch) | |
| tree | cc3791afd0d91d778b873e9b1daa98b4ca613713 /session-helper | |
| parent | 2b516e5df1efc22e3ac99aa560a3565da743e5c7 (diff) | |
| download | flatpak-bdf0f8c554859784a7196f2688c047e212a3cefa.tar.gz | |
session-helper: add comment documenting rationale for two monitors
Closes: #1194
Approved by: pwithnall
Diffstat (limited to 'session-helper')
| -rw-r--r-- | session-helper/flatpak-session-helper.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/session-helper/flatpak-session-helper.c b/session-helper/flatpak-session-helper.c index b1f1859b..0bf8f0b1 100644 --- a/session-helper/flatpak-session-helper.c +++ b/session-helper/flatpak-session-helper.c @@ -403,6 +403,13 @@ on_name_lost (GDBusConnection *connection, exit (1); } +/* + * In the case that the monitored file is a symlink, we set up a separate + * GFileMonitor for the real target of the link so that we don't miss updates + * to the linked file contents. This is critical in the case of resolv.conf + * which on stateless systems is often a symlink to a dyamically-generated + * or updated file in /run. + */ typedef struct { const gchar *source; char *real; |