bitcoind --help wants write access to file system

[ViliusSutkus89]

Step 1: Have read-only /root
Step 2: btc ~ # bitcoind --help
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::filesystem::filesystem_error'
what(): boost::filesystem::create_directory: Read-only file system: "/root/.bitcoin"
Aborted
btc ~ #

[laanwj]

I was already working on this, see #3640

[paveljanik]

This issue was fixed by #5351 and can be closed now.