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Date:      Mon, 05 Mar 2001 16:38:06 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        ru@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: buildworld broken for non-root users 
Message-ID:  <3101.983803086@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Mar 2001 16:25:10 %2B0200." <2557.983802310@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> 

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On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 16:25:10 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:

> For a while now, buildworld has been broken for non-root users:
> 
> [...]
> ===> share/doc/papers/memfs
> indxbib -c /usr/src/share/doc/papers/memfs/../../../../contrib/groff/indxbib/eign  -o ref.bib /usr/src/share/doc/papers/memfs/ref.bib
> vgrind -f < /usr/src/share/doc/papers/memfs/A.t > A.gt
> refer -n -e -l -s -p /usr/src/share/doc/papers/memfs/ref.bib /usr/src/share/doc/papers/memfs/0.t /usr/src/share/doc/papers/memfs/1.t A.gt  > paper.t
> refer:/usr/src/share/doc/papers/memfs/1.t:46:fatal error: cannot create temporary file: Permission denied
> *** Error code 3

I have a feeling that this has been happening since groff was upgraded
in -STABLE.  refer(1) is using /var/tmp as its temporary directory.
Non-priveleged users may not create files in this directory.

I think the fix may be to set GROFF_TMPDIR to something sane for
buildworld.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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