gnustep-gui and /proc

Roman Neuhauser neuhauser at sigpipe.cz
Tue Mar 22 12:56:14 PST 2005


# use-reply-to at gnezdov.net / 2005-03-20 09:07:43 +0000:
> While installing gnustep-gui I faced an error message:
> 
>   gnustep-gui requres procfs mounted to build or run.
> 
> I think that error message should give some instructions how to
> proceed.  It could be nice to warn about security implications as
> well.
> 
> Makefile diff:
> 
> 51c51
> < IGNORE=               requires procfs mounted to build or run
> ---
> > IGNORE=       requires procfs mounted to build or run.  Mount command: 'mount_procfs proc /proc'.  To mount /proc during startup modify /etc/fstab to contain: 'proc /proc procfs rw 0 0'.

IGNORE=       Requires procfs mounted to build or run.  See procfs(5).
    
would be more than enough, IMO.

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