| Summary: | mailbase fails to install if /var/spool/mail/ is mounted via nfs | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Rafael Ávila de Espíndola <rafael.espindola> |
| Component: | New packages | Assignee: | Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | 2005.0 | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
trying to emerge mailbase-0.00-r8 when /var/spool/mail/ is mounted via nfs produces the following error: >>> /var/mail -> /var/spool/mail --- /var/spool/ --- /var/spool/mail/ !!! copy /var/tmp/portage/mailbase-0.00-r8/image/var/spool/mail/.keep -> /var/spool/mail/.keep failed. !!! [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/spool/mail/.keep#new' Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.mount /var/spool/mail via nfs 2.emerge mailbase 3. Actual Results: emerge failed Expected Results: give up on changing the /var/spool/mail/ structure (maybe with a warning)