Let patch-wrapper die with an informative message when /proc is not mounted althrough it needs it to pass the patching request to GNU patch since it fails to understand all options. --- bin/patch-wrapper.in | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/bin/patch-wrapper.in +++ b/bin/patch-wrapper.in @@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ then if [ -n "$opt_input" ] then patch=$opt_input + elif [ ! -e /proc/self ] + then + echo "patch-wrapper: /proc not mounted!" >&2 + exit 1 elif [ -e /proc/self/fd/0 ] then patch=$(readlink /proc/self/fd/0)