201325 – hal-0.5.9.1-r3.ebuild tries to create/write to /media directory

Bug 201325 - hal-0.5.9.1-r3.ebuild tries to create/write to /media directory

Summary: hal-0.5.9.1-r3.ebuild tries to create/write to /media directory

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Duplicates (1):	312631 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2007-12-05 06:35 UTC by Denys Dmytriyenko
Modified:	2010-04-01 23:25 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Denys Dmytriyenko 2007-12-05 06:35:00 UTC

hal-0.5.9.1-r3.ebuild fails, as it tries to create and write to /media directory:

# We now create and keep /media here as both gnome-mount and pmount
# use these directories, to avoid collision.
keepdir /media

I don't use neither of those apps, don't care for GNOME and my /media is read-only network-mounted fs, so don't touch it :)

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-05 08:26:45 UTC

So use INSTALL_MASK.

Comment 2 Denys Dmytriyenko 2007-12-05 16:57:04 UTC

I didn't ask how to install it - there are couple different workarounds available.

But what I was trying to say is that HAL has nothing to do with /media directory and its ebuild should not try to create it for some other apps. What it does now is a hack, ugly hack. And it needs to be fixed.

I always loved Gentoo for staying away from quick and dirty hacks and doing it right from the beginning. Hope this gets fixed properly eventually.

Comment 3 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev

2010-04-01 23:25:18 UTC

*** Bug 312631 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***