Bug#292721: Error message when proc is not mounted gives bad advice

2007-08-06 Thread Jan Christoph Nordholz
tags 292721 + patch
thankyou

Hi,

nowadays (1:3.2.7-3) it doesn't even display an error message, but just
exits silently. It should at least print a diagnostic. Patch attached.


Regards,

Jan


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Bug#292721: Error message when proc is not mounted gives bad advice

2005-01-28 Thread Josh Triplett
Package: procps
Version: 3.2.5-1
Severity: minor

If ps finds that /proc is not mounted, it prints the message:
Error, do this: mount -t proc none /proc

s/none/proc/ is a better suggestion.  From the mount manual page:
>The proc file system is  not  associated  with  a  special
>device,  and  when mounting it, an arbitrary keyword, such
>as proc can be used instead  of  a  device  specification.
>(The  customary  choice  none is less fortunate: the error
>message `none busy' from umount can be confusing.)

- Josh Triplett


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