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sr #110445: Including a note about the /proc filesystem

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Submitted:  Mon 15 Feb 2021 02:32:25 PM UTC
   
 
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Mon 15 Feb 2021 02:32:25 PM UTC, original submission:  

It's a really small thing, but cvsreport requires the proc filesystem. One of our users
on NetBSD/pkgsrc filed a bug, but they were simply caught out because they'd
unmounted /proc.

We've added a note in the manual page on the NetBSD/pkgsrc version:

--- cvsreport.1.orig    2003-11-29 17:48:30.000000000 +0000
+++ cvsreport.1
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ Set the access method for an external cv
 .IP CVSREPORT_DEBUG
 When set, equivalent to the \fB--debug\fP option.
 
+.SH NOTES
+\fBcvsreport\fP expects the proc filesystem to be mounted.
 
 .SH BUGS
 Working on remote repositories is \fBawfully\fP slow (blame CVS).

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