Bug 494 - Fails if /tmp and /etc are different file systems
Summary: Fails if /tmp and /etc are different file systems
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: sndconfig
Version: 5.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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URL: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/sound/sndconfig/
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1998-12-16 09:55 UTC by rasumner
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1998-12-16 16:56:07 UTC

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Description rasumner 1998-12-16 09:55:37 UTC 
The new /etc/conf.modules is created in /tmp and then
rename()d to /etc/conf.modules.  This call fails of course
when /tmp is on a different file system than /etc.  Once
I manually copied the file sndconfig worked without any
manual intervention.  I am impressed.
Comment 1 Jay Turner 1998-12-16 16:21:59 UTC 
Let me run this setup by you, as I had no trouble in the test lab.  I
installed the /tmp partition on an IDE drive and put the / partition
on a SCSI drive and then performed the installation.  There was no
problem with the conf.modules file and I was able to run sndconfig
without any problems.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1998-12-16 16:55:59 UTC 
It did? I'm surprised.
Yes, it's a bug, it's fixed in sndconfig >= 0.27.2.
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