Bug 982516 - sh "rpm -Va" fails because apparently /dev/shm is not created/bind-mounted correctly
Summary: sh "rpm -Va" fails because apparently /dev/shm is not created/bind-mounted co...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1500537
Alias: None
Product: Virtualization Tools
Classification: Community
Component: libguestfs
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
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Reported: 2013-07-09 08:41 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2018-02-08 16:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-02-08 16:48:49 UTC
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Description Richard W.M. Jones 2013-07-09 08:41:30 UTC 
Description of problem:

$ guestfish --ro -a /tmp/fedora-18.img -i sh "rpm -Va"
libguestfs: error: sh: prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.VBmPGZ: No such file or directory
prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.thMOxt: No such file or directory
prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.KQAZSr: No such file or directory
prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.PtSZsq: No such file or directory
prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.hDRZBw: No such file or directory
prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.IxS9Ku: No such file or directory
prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.ODmYtv: No such file or directory
prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.QKWRjB: No such file or directory
prelink: Could not create temporary file /dev/shm/#prelink#.0Xx97A: No such file or directory

It looks as if /dev/shm is not being created correctly.

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

libguestfs-1.23.7-1.fc20.x86_64

How reproducible:

100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See above.
Comment 1 Pino Toscano 2018-02-08 16:48:49 UTC 
Fixed few years later, as bug 1500537.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1500537 ***
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