91595 – mailbase fails to install if /var/spool/mail/ is mounted via nfs

Bug 91595 - mailbase fails to install if /var/spool/mail/ is mounted via nfs

Summary: mailbase fails to install if /var/spool/mail/ is mounted via nfs

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 85275

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages

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Reported:	2005-05-05 11:32 UTC by Rafael Ávila de Espíndola
Modified:	2005-07-17 13:06 UTC (History)
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Description Rafael Ávila de Espíndola 2005-05-05 11:32:01 UTC

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)

Comment 1 Fernando J. Pereda (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-05 12:01:11 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 85275 ***