Bugs item #3073475, was opened at 2010-09-22 10:50 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by seb_kuzminsky You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=106744&aid=3073475&group_id=6744
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Build System Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Fox Mulder (quakeman666) Assigned to: Alex Joni (alex_joni) Summary: man directory rights error Initial Comment: When i get the sourcecode for emc2 with git and want to compile it like described in the wiki i get an error. The problem is that after everything is compiled the man pages get processed and there the following error occured: /usr/bin/mandb: can't create a temporary filename: Permission denied make: *** [../docs/man/index.db] Error 2 After a bit searching and with strace i found out that the directory permissions on "emc-dev/docs/man" are wrong. Because mandb wants to read this dir and runs under a different user it can't access it and the whole compilation stops with an error. As simple bugfix i "chmod 777 emc-dev/docs/man" and the compilaton works like a charm. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Sebastian Kuzminsky (seb_kuzminsky) Date: 2011-10-25 16:04 Message: I could not reproduce this bug. Git does not store permissions for directories. The directories you get when you check out have permissions determined exclusively by your umask. The emc2 build system does not change uid before running mandb, it just runs it as the user running "make". On my Lucid and Hardy test machines, mandb is not installed with the suid bit set, so it won't change uid by itself when you run it, it'll just run as whomever invokes it. I tried setting my umask to "0077", cloning the emc2 git repo, checking out the 2.4 branch, and building it, and it worked. So I'm at a loss here. Can you supply any more details on how to reproduce this bug? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=106744&aid=3073475&group_id=6744 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
