Author: Description: Complain when /proc/version cannot be found instead of exiting silently. --- a/proc/version.c +++ b/proc/version.c @@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ char buf[256]; int version_string_depth; - if ( (fp=fopen("/proc/version","r")) == NULL) /* failure implies impending death */ + if ( (fp=fopen("/proc/version","r")) == NULL) { + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find /proc/version - is /proc mounted?\n"); exit(1); + } if (fgets(buf, 256, fp) == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "Cannot read kernel version from /proc/version\n"); fclose(fp);