Bug 215284

Summary:	sys-apps/portage - spit out some message when /proc isn't mounted
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Oleg Puchinin <graycardinalster>
Component:	Core - Interface (emerge)	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Lowest
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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 ...