Bug 62998

Summary:	rpm silently fails if /usr mounted "ro"
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	greg hosler <greg>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jeff Johnson <jbj>
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Description greg hosler 2002-04-08 23:20:42 UTC

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Description of problem:
In the past, when a destination fs was mounted "ro", and you tried to
"rpm -i " a package, you would get an error message, that would be anough of a
clue to remind you that you needed to remount /usr "rw", and redo the rpm.

as of Skipjack-2, rpm will silently fail, and the user will think that the
package installed successfully.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.mount /usr "ro"
2. pick a package that installs into /usr hierarchy
3. rpm -i <said package>
	

Actual Results:  silent return to prompt, as if the package installed successfully.

Expected Results:  an error message

Additional info:

Comment 1 greg hosler 2002-04-08 23:29:57 UTC

opps. not enough coffee to realize I was installing a src.rpm (and /usr/src
is a different rw partition). Retested w/ a proper rpm and /usr "ro", and I _DI_
get the error messages.

not a problem.