Re: [9fans] Tvx update

[EBo <ebo@sandien.com>]

> I tried it and it is very fast to boot and run.  However, the wrapper
> did not copy Tvx-root to my home dir.  Option 2 links to the package
> install in /usr/local, but option 1 also links, but to the package
> loopback mount in /tmp.  The only files in my home are in the top
> directory (the license, etc.).  Writing to the symlinks fails.  And so
> does reading utf8 filenames.

My first guess is that the USB was not set up with persistent home.  So,
please double check TCL's setup and installation instructions and verify
that you in fact have persistent home working.  If you do, and you still
have this problem please email me off-list and we can sort it out and post
a solution/report.

> Choosing 1 gives this error:
>
> cp: can't preserve ownership of
> '/home/tc/Tvx-root/sys/lib/ghostscript' :Operation not permitted
>
> and so on for many more files in /sys, /tmp, and /usr.

That is not an error, but a warning.  It is caused by the operation being
run as user tc and not root.  I have thought about several sollutions to
this problem, but the only two realistic ones is to redirect warning/error
messages to /dev/nul or run the copy operation as sodo.  At first I did not
like either operation but just realized that the system already accepts
sudo commands from user tc so it does not pose a security risk.  I'll add
that to the list of thigs to fix for next revision.

  EBo --