retitle 338443 libassa - build fails silent if no writable home is available severity 338443 serious thanks
The libassa build fails silent if no writable home is available. | $ ./assa-genesis Mixer; echo $? | | assa-genesis: Generating skeleton files ... | | Created: "Mixer-main.h" | | Created: "Mixer-main.cpp" | | Created: "Mixer.h" | | Created: "Mixer.cpp" | | 0 | $ HOME=/ ./assa-genesis Mixer; echo $? | 1 A strace shows something else, which may break the system during build time if something goes wrong and this tool is launched in the binary target: | $ strace -e unlink ./assa-genesis Mixer > /dev/null | --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- | --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- | --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- | --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- | --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- | unlink("/home/waldi/.lt-assa-genesis.pid") = 0 | unlink("/dev/null") = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) Bastian -- Men will always be men -- no matter where they are. -- Harry Mudd, "Mudd's Women", stardate 1329.8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]