man-1.6e-readonly-whatis.patch

   1 Dont update makewhatis files if they're on readonly filesystems
   2
   3 http://bugs.gentoo.org/163932
   4
   5 --- src/makewhatis.sh
   6 +++ src/makewhatis.sh
   7 @@ -184,6 +188,34 @@
   8       if [ x$verbose != x ]; then
   9         echo "about to enter $mandir" > /dev/stderr
  10       fi
  11 +
  12 +     # kludge for Slackware's /usr/man/preformat
  13 +     if [ $mandir = /usr/man/preformat ]
  14 +     then
  15 +       mandir1=/usr/man
  16 +     else
  17 +       mandir1=$mandir
  18 +     fi
  19 +
  20 +     # if $mandir is on a readonly partition, and the whatis file
  21 +     # is not a symlink, then let's skip trying to update it
  22 +     if [ ! -L ${mandir1}/whatis ]
  23 +     then
  24 +       if [ -e ${mandir1}/whatis ] && [ ! -w ${mandir1}/whatis ]
  25 +       then
  26 +          if [ x$verbose != x ]; then
  27 +             echo skipping $mandir - whatis file is readonly > /dev/stderr
  28 +          fi
  29 +          continue
  30 +       elif [ ! -e ${mandir1}/whatis ] && [ ! -w ${mandir1} ]
  31 +       then
  32 +          if [ x$verbose != x ]; then
  33 +             echo skipping $mandir - directory is readonly > /dev/stderr
  34 +          fi
  35 +          continue
  36 +       fi
  37 +     fi
  38 +
  39       if [ -s ${mandir}/whatis -a $pages = man -a x$update = x ]; then
  40         if [ x$verbose != x ]; then
  41            echo skipping $mandir - we did it already > /dev/stderr
  42 @@ -407,14 +439,6 @@
  43
  44         cd $here
  45
  46 -       # kludge for Slackware's /usr/man/preformat
  47 -       if [ $mandir = /usr/man/preformat ]
  48 -       then
  49 -        mandir1=/usr/man
  50 -       else
  51 -        mandir1=$mandir
  52 -       fi
  53 -
  54         if [ -f ${mandir1}/whatis ]
  55         then
  56          cat ${mandir1}/whatis >> $TMPFILE