[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#387861: initscripts: hwclockfirst.sh should run before checkroot.sh

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

reassign 387861 util-linux
merge 342887 387861
thanks

[Michel Lespinasse]
> /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh has a small header indicating hwclockfirst
> should be started. However in /etc/rcS.d, S10checkroot.sh is before
> S18hwclockfirst.sh. As a result the root filesystem is checked
> before the clock is first adjusted.

Yes.  This is bug #342887 with util-linux.  I hope they are working on
fixing it.  The recent installations copies /etc/localtime instead of
making it a symlink, and thus it should be possible to run
hwclockfirst earlier in the boot.

Friendly,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen