[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Unexpected problem with /etc/mtab -> /proc/mounts

[Thomas Hood]

Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> I guess I discovered this problem because upgrading initscripts inside
> the chroot mounted a few tmpfs mountiongs. :)


It shouldn't: the invoke-rc.d's in the initscripts postinst should refuse
to execute mount{kern,devsub}fs.sh.  Here is what I see when I install the
initscripts package in my Debian chroot:

Setting up initscripts (2.86.ds1-11~7) ...
invoke-rc.d: ----------------------------------------------------
invoke-rc.d: WARNING: invoke-rc.d called during shutdown sequence
invoke-rc.d: enabling safe mode: initscript policy layer disabled
invoke-rc.d: ----------------------------------------------------
invoke-rc.d: ----------------------------------------------------
invoke-rc.d: WARNING: invoke-rc.d called during shutdown sequence
invoke-rc.d: enabling safe mode: initscript policy layer disabled
invoke-rc.d: ----------------------------------------------------

-- 
Thomas