From: Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1993 01:46:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Try copy if rename of temporary catpage fails.
X-Git-Tag: FreeBSD-release/1.1~1504
X-Git-Url: https://git.subgeniuskitty.com/unix-history/.git/commitdiff_plain/fad0144f0cba4efee81f1c9adb3945ce5bea8549?hp=d2ae4d12da9fde6623f330dacaf1b10ca071a3a9

Try copy if rename of temporary catpage fails.
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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c
index a96f2a2af6..c5b4ee0af0 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,12 @@ make_cat_file (path, man_file, cat_file)
       }
       else {
         if (rename(temp, cat_file) == -1) {
-		perror("rename");
+		/* FS might be sticky */
+		sprintf(command, "cp %s %s", temp, cat_file);
+		if (system(command))
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"\nHmm!  Can't seem to rename %s to %s, check permissions on man dir!\n",
+				temp, cat_file);
 		unlink(temp);
 		return 0;
 	}