* [9fans] System patch failed: Permission denied
@ 2012-04-21 3:26 Strake
2012-04-21 7:15 ` David du Colombier
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From: Strake @ 2012-04-21 3:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Hello. I wish to patch my system, but can't:
% who
glenda
% cat /adm/users | grep glenda
glenda:glenda:glenda:
sys:sys::glenda
% ape/patch < /usr/glenda/nix.diff
patching file 'float.h'
patch: **** can't rename '/tmp/...' to 'float.h': Permission denied
%
What?
I tried other diffs; same grief. How can I do so? I briefly searched
the 9fans archive, but found no such method, though I'm a 9novice so
might have just missed it.
Thanks.
Cheers,
strake
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* Re: [9fans] System patch failed: Permission denied
2012-04-21 3:26 [9fans] System patch failed: Permission denied Strake
@ 2012-04-21 7:15 ` David du Colombier
2012-04-21 13:43 ` Strake
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From: David du Colombier @ 2012-04-21 7:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
If this is the patch I'm thinking about, try:
% ape/patch -p1 < /usr/glenda/nix.diff
--
David du Colombier
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* Re: [9fans] System patch failed: Permission denied
2012-04-21 7:15 ` David du Colombier
@ 2012-04-21 13:43 ` Strake
2012-04-21 14:19 ` David du Colombier
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Strake @ 2012-04-21 13:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On 21/04/2012, David du Colombier <0intro@gmail.com> wrote:
> If this is the patch I'm thinking about, try:
>
> % ape/patch -p1 < /usr/glenda/nix.diff
Thanks. It worked.
I thought that patch would use full path if -p not given, but it seems
otherwise.
Cheers,
strake
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* Re: [9fans] System patch failed: Permission denied
2012-04-21 13:43 ` Strake
@ 2012-04-21 14:19 ` David du Colombier
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: David du Colombier @ 2012-04-21 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
> I thought that patch would use full path if -p not given,
> but it seems otherwise.
No. Without -p, patch retains only the last element in the path.
There are new files in your patch, but you can't usually create
files into /. That's why it failed.
Patch is a bit confusing because it hasn't showed you the
first error message, which was:
mounted directory forbids creation
--
David du Colombier
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