comment out until someone decides to tackle #2285 (#2760)

current code results in panic and we certainly don't want that.
#2286 (comment)

libs/autofile/autofile.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/common"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/errors"
 )
 
 /* AutoFile usage
@@ -157,13 +156,13 @@ func (af *AutoFile) openFile() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fileInfo, err := file.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if fileInfo.Mode() != autoFilePerms {
-		return errors.NewErrPermissionsChanged(file.Name(), fileInfo.Mode(), autoFilePerms)
-	}
+	// fileInfo, err := file.Stat()
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return err
+	// }
+	// if fileInfo.Mode() != autoFilePerms {
+	// 	return errors.NewErrPermissionsChanged(file.Name(), fileInfo.Mode(), autoFilePerms)
+	// }
 	af.file = file
 	return nil
 }

libs/autofile/autofile_test.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/common"
-	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/errors"
 )
 
 func TestSIGHUP(t *testing.T) {
@@ -58,32 +57,32 @@ func TestSIGHUP(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Manually modify file permissions, close, and reopen using autofile:
-// We expect the file permissions to be changed back to the intended perms.
-func TestOpenAutoFilePerms(t *testing.T) {
-	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "permission_test")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	err = file.Close()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	name := file.Name()
-
-	// open and change permissions
-	af, err := OpenAutoFile(name)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	err = af.file.Chmod(0755)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	err = af.Close()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// reopen and expect an ErrPermissionsChanged as Cause
-	af, err = OpenAutoFile(name)
-	require.Error(t, err)
-	if e, ok := err.(*errors.ErrPermissionsChanged); ok {
-		t.Logf("%v", e)
-	} else {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected error %v", e)
-	}
-}
+// // Manually modify file permissions, close, and reopen using autofile:
+// // We expect the file permissions to be changed back to the intended perms.
+// func TestOpenAutoFilePerms(t *testing.T) {
+// 	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "permission_test")
+// 	require.NoError(t, err)
+// 	err = file.Close()
+// 	require.NoError(t, err)
+// 	name := file.Name()
+
+// 	// open and change permissions
+// 	af, err := OpenAutoFile(name)
+// 	require.NoError(t, err)
+// 	err = af.file.Chmod(0755)
+// 	require.NoError(t, err)
+// 	err = af.Close()
+// 	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+// 	// reopen and expect an ErrPermissionsChanged as Cause
+// 	af, err = OpenAutoFile(name)
+// 	require.Error(t, err)
+// 	if e, ok := err.(*errors.ErrPermissionsChanged); ok {
+// 		t.Logf("%v", e)
+// 	} else {
+// 		t.Errorf("unexpected error %v", e)
+// 	}
+// }
 
 func TestAutoFileSize(t *testing.T) {
 	// First, create an AutoFile writing to a tempfile dir
@@ -120,4 +119,4 @@ func TestAutoFileSize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Cleanup
 	_ = os.Remove(f.Name())
-}
+}

libs/db/fsdb.go

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/common"
-	tmerrors "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/errors"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -207,13 +206,13 @@ func write(path string, d []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	fInfo, err := f.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if fInfo.Mode() != keyPerm {
-		return tmerrors.NewErrPermissionsChanged(f.Name(), keyPerm, fInfo.Mode())
-	}
+	// fInfo, err := f.Stat()
+	// if err != nil {
+	// 	return err
+	// }
+	// if fInfo.Mode() != keyPerm {
+	// 	return tmerrors.NewErrPermissionsChanged(f.Name(), keyPerm, fInfo.Mode())
+	// }
 	_, err = f.Write(d)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

libs/errors/errors.go

@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
 // Package errors contains errors that are thrown across packages.
 package errors
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-)
+// // ErrPermissionsChanged occurs if the file permission have changed since the file was created.
+// type ErrPermissionsChanged struct {
+// 	name      string
+// 	got, want os.FileMode
+// }
 
-// ErrPermissionsChanged occurs if the file permission have changed since the file was created.
-type ErrPermissionsChanged struct {
-	name      string
-	got, want os.FileMode
-}
+// func NewErrPermissionsChanged(name string, got, want os.FileMode) *ErrPermissionsChanged {
+// 	return &ErrPermissionsChanged{name: name, got: got, want: want}
+// }
 
-func NewErrPermissionsChanged(name string, got, want os.FileMode) *ErrPermissionsChanged {
-	return &ErrPermissionsChanged{name: name, got: got, want: want}
-}
-
-func (e ErrPermissionsChanged) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"file: [%v]\nexpected file permissions: %v, got: %v",
-		e.name,
-		e.want,
-		e.got,
-	)
-}
+// func (e ErrPermissionsChanged) Error() string {
+// 	return fmt.Sprintf(
+// 		"file: [%v]\nexpected file permissions: %v, got: %v",
+// 		e.name,
+// 		e.want,
+// 		e.got,
+// 	)
+// }