[3729] in testers
Re: strange behavior on SGI while taking 8.2 release
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A Basch)
Tue Jul 7 16:14:05 1998
To: Scott McGuire <smcguire@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Jul 1998 11:43:05 EDT."
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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 16:13:57 EDT
From: Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>
> While eventually the release took and I can now use the SGI, during the
> updating process I saw the same set of errors reported over and over. They
> were of the form:
>
> UX:touch: ERROR: Cannot change times on cosmo_worlds.ftr: Read-only file system
> UX:touch: ERROR: Cannot change times on sgi.java.ftr: Read-only file system
> UX:touch: ERROR: Cannot change times on soundplayer.ftr: Read-only file system
These errors are "expected", arising from the way we're using the SGI
installation tool. The ftr files are filetype rule files, which are
compiled into the filetype database as part of the install. This
compilation is invoked several times during the install, as different
packages/file types are added. In our environment, the ftr files are
symlinks to the os volume, so the "touch" command done during this procedure
produces the errors you reported.
Bob
