Re: /usr/etc

[michael.weber@post.rwth-aachen.de (Michael Weber)]

* Jacob Kuntz <jake@capecodvacation.com> [2000-12-19T20:31-0500]:
> need to be checked). one could just mount -o remount,rw /usr before running
> apt.

There is an automatic way...

[505]$ mount|grep /usr
/dev/sda6 on /usr type ext2 (ro)
[506]$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf 
DPkg
{
        // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
        Pre-Invoke  {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
        Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
        // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
        Run-Directory "/";
}
[507]$


However, remounting ro sometimes fails after updating daemon packages,
because of left-over open file handles, IIRC.  They can be identified
with lsof...


Cheers,
Michael