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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