[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Move /bin/mountpoint from initscripts to debianutils

[Tim Dijkstra]

Hi,

[please CC me on replies]

I got a strange bug report on my package, which ultimately boiled down
to the fact that the submitter didn't had initscripts installed and
consequently didn't have /bin/mountpoint. 

I use mountpoint in the packages config script. Now I could solve this
problem by pre-depending on initscripts, but that seems overkill to me.
Also, although the person who reported this bug turned out
to have a mixed knoppix/debian system, with all these sysvinit
replacements being developed I think initscripts-less systems will
become more common.

udev seems to have the same problem btw...

The best solution seems to me to move mountpoint to debianutils which is
essential=yes, so it is guaranteed to exist and can be safely used in 
packages maintainers scripts.

Comments?

grts Tim
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