GNU bug report logs - #22588
root: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY

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From: Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber <at> dustycloud.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>, 22588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22588: root: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:42:50 -0800

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> OTOH, hacking it is very tempting, like:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> scheme@(guile-user)> ,use (guix build bournish)
> scheme@(guile-user)> ,bournish
> Happy hacking with Bournish!  To switch back, type `,L scheme'.
> bournish@(guile-user)> ls
> .                         gnu-dist.go               r-build-system.go         
> ..                        gnu-dist.scm              r-build-system.scm        
> activation.scm~           gnu-dist.scm~             relocate.scm~             
> bournish.scm              gnu.scm~                  rpath.go                  
> bournish.scm~             graft.go                  rpath.scm                 
> cmake-build-system.go     graft.scm                 rpath.scm~                
> cmake-build-system.scm    graft.scm~                ruby-build-system.go      
> cvs.go                    graft.scm.115             ruby-build-system.scm     
> cvs.scm                   graft.scm.bak             ruby-build-system.scm.orig
> download.go               gremlin.go                ruby-build-system.scm.rej 
> download.scm              gremlin.scm               store-copy.go             
> download.scm~             gremlin.scm~              store-copy.scm            
> download.scm.bak          haskell-build-system.go   store-copy.scm~           
> emacs-build-system.go     haskell-build-system.scm  svn.go                    
> emacs-build-system.scm    http.scm~                 svn.scm                   
> emacs-utils.go            install.scm~              syscalls.go               
> emacs-utils.scm           linux-initrd.scm~         syscalls.scm              
> ftp.scm~                  perl-build-system.go      syscalls.scm~             
> git.go                    perl-build-system.scm     union.go                  
> git.scm                   perl-build-system.scm~    union.scm                 
> git.scm~                  profile.go                union.scm~                
> glib-or-gtk-build-system.gprofile.scm~              url.scm~                  
> glib-or-gtk-build-system.sprofiles.go               utils.go                  
> gnome-build-system.scm    profiles.scm              utils.scm                 
> gnome-build-system.scm~   profiles.scm~             utils.scm~                
> gnu-build-system.go       pull.go                   vm.scm~                   
> gnu-build-system.scm      pull.scm                  waf-build-system.go       
> gnu-build-system.scm~     pull.scm~                 waf-build-system.scm      
> gnu-build-system.scm.bak  python-build-system.go                              
> gnu-cross-build.scm~      python-build-system.scm                             
> bournish@(guile-user)> cd /
> bournish@(guile-user)> pwd
> $2 = "/"
> bournish@(guile-user)> echo $PATH $LANGUAGE
> $3 = ("/home/ludo/soft/bin:/home/ludo/.opam/system/bin:/home/ludo/.guix-profile/bin:/home/ludo/.guix-profile/sbin:/run/setuid-programs:/run/current-system/profile/bin:/run/current-system/profile/sbin" "eo")
> bournish@(guile-user)> touch --version
> touch (GNU coreutils) 8.24
> Copyright © 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> Ĉi tiu estas libera programaro: vi rajtas ĝin ŝanĝi kaj redistribui.
> La ĝusta permesilo estas GPLv3+: GNU GPL versio 3 aŭ sekva;
> por la kompleta (angla) teksto vidu <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
> Ĉi tiu programaro ne garantiatas, ene de la limoj de la leĝo.
>
> Verkita de Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon,
> David MacKenzie kaj Randy Smith.
> $4 = 0
> bournish@(guile-user)> ,L scheme
> Happy hacking with Scheme!  To switch back, type `,L bournish'.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> :-)
>
> The point is, if we can allow users to avoid typing in parentheses and
> long procedure names and quoted argument lists when all they want is to
> run fsck, we should do that.

Wowee!  Yeah, this is pretty neat :)

It's a cool demo, and also seems like a much more comfortable "emergency
shell" to drop users into.  +1 from me.

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