Bug 150100 - [patch] man, and other commands requiring temp files, don't work in Repair Filesystem mode
Summary: [patch] man, and other commands requiring temp files, don't work in Repair Fi...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: initscripts
Version: 3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-03-02 15:20 UTC by Robin Green
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:52 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-10-03 20:54:22 UTC
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one-line patch (392 bytes, patch)
2005-03-02 15:20 UTC, Robin Green 		no flags Details | Diff
Better patch (989 bytes, patch)
2005-03-02 16:01 UTC, Robin Green 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Robin Green 2005-03-02 15:20:35 UTC 
Description of problem:
Commands like man don't work in Repair Filesystem mode, because /tmp is normally
on a read-only filesystem, namely /
Attached one-liner fixes this issue.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initscripts-7.93.5-1

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Corrupt your filesystem ;-)
2. Reboot
3. fsck fails and rc.sysinit brings you to Repair Filesystem mode
4. type "man script"
  
Actual results:
Nothing is displayed

Expected results:
man page for "script" should be displayed
Comment 1 Robin Green 2005-03-02 15:20:36 UTC 
Created attachment 111578 [details]
one-line patch
Comment 2 Robin Green 2005-03-02 16:01:12 UTC 
Created attachment 111579 [details]
Better patch

This covers all three code paths that can enter some sort of "repair mode".
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2005-10-03 20:54:22 UTC 
Apologies for the lack of response.

I'm not sure this is a great idea, as it changes the view of the filesystem
you're repairing from normal, and doesn't give any indication that that space is
not going to be preserved to the next boot. Hence, WONTFIX.
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