Thanks for the reminder, Justin. This has happened to me way too often during the last days...
(really attaching the patch) Jan
#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run ## 45_proc_complain_unmounted_proc.dpatch by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ## ## DP: Complain when /proc/version cannot be found instead of ## DP: exiting silently. @DPATCH@ --- procps-3.2.7/proc/version.cO 2007-08-06 16:18:41.000000000 +0200 +++ procps-3.2.7/proc/version.c 2007-08-06 16:19:28.000000000 +0200 @@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ FILE *fp; char buf[256]; - if ( (fp=fopen("/proc/version","r")) == NULL) /* failure implies impending death */ + if ( (fp=fopen("/proc/version","r")) == NULL) { + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find /proc/version - is /proc mounted?\n"); exit(1); + } if (fgets(buf, 256, fp) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Cannot read kernel version from /proc/version\n"); fclose(fp);
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