Environment: System : OpenBSD 6.6 Details : OpenBSD 6.6 (GENERIC) #3: Thu Nov 21 00:59:03 MST 2019 r...@syspatch-66-i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
Description: syspatch adds up the sizes of existing files to be replaced and collects the device names: 91 stat -qf "_dev=\"\${_dev} %Sd\"; 92 local %Sd=\"\${%Sd:+\${%Sd}\+}%Uz\"" ${_files}) \ 93 2>/dev/null || _rc=$? then checks that devices are mounted and are not read-only: 97 for _d in $(printf '%s\n' ${_dev} | sort -u); do 98 mount | grep -v read-only | grep -q "^/dev/${_d} " || 99 sp_err "Read-only filesystem, aborting" I have a system with /var and /tmp mounted as mfs. The stat string format returns '??' for mfs devices: $ stat -f %Sd /bin/cat wd0a $ stat -f %Sd /var/db/libc.tags ?? The 'grep -q ^/dev/??' on line 98 fails causing syspatch to error out reporting a read-only filesystem, which is not correct. I noticed this with syspatch66-010_libcauth.tgz which looks to be the first patch that changes files in /var (like /var/db/libc.tags). $ syspatch Get/Verify syspatch66-010_libcaut... 100% |*************| 17685 KB 00:03 Installing patch 010_libcauth Read-only filesystem, aborting $ mount /dev/wd0a on / type ffs (local) /dev/wd0g on /home type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid) /dev/wd0f on /usr type ffs (local, nodev, wxallowed) /dev/wd0d on /mfs type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid) mfs:37162 on /tmp type mfs (asynchronous, local, nodev, nosuid, size=524288 512-blocks) mfs:53614 on /var type mfs (asynchronous, local, nodev, nosuid, size=524288 512-blocks) mfs:40334 on /dev type mfs (asynchronous, local, noexec, nosuid, size=8192 512-blocks) /dev/wd0e on /var/syspatch type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid) _a_host_:/some/nfs/export on /mnt/_an_nfs_mount_ type nfs (noexec, v3, udp, timeo=100, retrans=101) Can work around it by modifying the check on line 98. Is it OK to allow mfs filesystems? Is the major number for mfs uniquely 255? $ stat -f %Hd /var/db/libc.tags 255 $ stat -f %Hd /mnt/_an_nfs_mount_ 22 Regards, - Art