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

[Thomas Hood]

I wrote:
> 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: ----------------------------------------------------


Hmm, wait a second.  Only the "policy layer" is disabled.  The initscripts
actually get run.

Anyway, I hope that maintainer scripts aren't expected to install properly
on chroots as well as in the standard filesystem hierarchy.
-- 
Thomas