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Bug 215284 - sys-apps/portage - spit out some message when /proc isn't mounted
Summary: sys-apps/portage - spit out some message when /proc isn't mounted
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core - Interface (emerge) (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Lowest enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Portage team
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Reported: 2008-03-29 07:42 UTC by Oleg Puchinin
Modified: 2008-03-30 19:58 UTC (History)
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Description Oleg Puchinin 2008-03-29 07:42:26 UTC 
Day kind! I at installation have a heap of not clear mistakes. I forget mount /proc 
Can it is necessary to add check /proc in emerge?

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev 2008-03-30 01:11:42 UTC 
We could test if the $(uname) == Linux and in that case, parse $(df) to see if /proc is mounted and show a warning message if it's not.
Comment 2 Marius Mauch (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-03-30 01:52:45 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> We could test if the $(uname) == Linux and in that case, parse $(df) to see if
> /proc is mounted and show a warning message if it's not.

No. We don't need tons of special case checks that really have no business in portage (we don't even use /proc ourselves). There is a limit to how much we can/should protect the user.
Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2008-03-30 19:58:16 UTC 
also, df may not always list /proc ...