Bug 143712 - /mnt must be writeable to system update, this is not checked
Summary: /mnt must be writeable to system update, this is not checked
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
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Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: YaST2 (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 1
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Jiri Srain
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2006-01-18 09:58 UTC by Will Stephenson
Modified: 2006-02-19 22:57 UTC (History)
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Description Will Stephenson 2006-01-18 09:58:42 UTC 
This might be Yast, might be an installation issue.

I did a system update in a running system.  A read only filesystem was mounted under /mnt.  aaa_filesystem failed to install because /mnt was not writeable.  To fix this, I had to 'Show details' in the package installation notice, realise that I had something mounted, and umount it.

IMO a check that the install path is writeable before starting the install would reduce the chance of a wrecked system due to system update.
Comment 1 Jiri Srain 2006-02-19 22:57:13 UTC 
Update between product versions within running system is not supported, if you wanted to update to Beta1, you should have booted the Beta1 CD.

YaST would have to check all directories for all files in all selected RPM packages - this is IMO not feasible. Sorry, but I cannot help much here...