From: fuzzyray <fuzzyray@gentoo.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:26:12 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: Check for permissions to write temporary files. Bug #142308
X-Git-Tag: gentoolkit-0.2.4.3~200
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4c78536938d77a8e4802bd6006e64e8cb85f3d6c;p=gentoolkit.git

Check for permissions to write temporary files. Bug #142308

svn path=/; revision=313
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diff --git a/trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild b/trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild
index 94a3f45..9093b40 100755
--- a/trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild
+++ b/trunk/src/revdep-rebuild/revdep-rebuild
@@ -135,7 +135,25 @@ done
 NOCOLOR=$(portageq envvar NOCOLOR)
 
 # Base of temporary files names.
-LIST=~/.revdep-rebuild
+touch ${HOME}/.revdep-rebuild_0.test 2>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+then
+	LIST="${HOME}/.revdep-rebuild"
+	rm ~/.revdep-rebuild_0.test
+else
+	# Try to use /var/tmp since $HOME is not available
+	touch /var/tmp/.revdep-rebuild_0.test 2>/dev/null
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+	then
+		LIST="/var/tmp/.revdep-rebuild"
+		rm /var/tmp/.revdep-rebuild_0.test
+	else
+		echo
+		echo "!!! Unable to write temporary files to either $HOME or /var/tmp !!!"
+		echo
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
 
 shopt -s nullglob
 shopt -s expand_aliases