man-1.6e-readonly-whatis2.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 +188,25 @@
   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 we cannot update the whatis
  21 +     # file, then let's simply skip it
  22 +     if ! touch ${mandir1}/whatis 2> /dev/null
  23 +     then
  24 +       if [ x$verbose != x ]; then
  25 +          echo skipping $mandir - whatis file is readonly > /dev/stderr
  26 +       fi
  27 +       continue
  28 +     fi
  29 +
  30       if [ -s ${mandir}/whatis -a $pages = man -a x$update = x ]; then
  31         if [ x$verbose != x ]; then
  32            echo skipping $mandir - we did it already > /dev/stderr
  33 @@ -407,14 +430,6 @@
  34
  35         cd $here
  36
  37 -       # kludge for Slackware's /usr/man/preformat
  38 -       if [ $mandir = /usr/man/preformat ]
  39 -       then
  40 -        mandir1=/usr/man
  41 -       else
  42 -        mandir1=$mandir
  43 -       fi
  44 -
  45         if [ -f ${mandir1}/whatis ]
  46         then
  47          cat ${mandir1}/whatis >> $TMPFILE