[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#547343: initscripts: /etc/init.d/mountall.sh "failed" when /etc/mtab is a symlink to /proc/mounts

[Jeffrey Sheinberg]

Package: initscripts
Version: 2.86.ds1-61
Severity: normal


Hi,

The /etc/init.d/mountall.sh script prints a red colored error message
"failed!" when /etc/mtab is a symlink to /proc/mounts.

Here is an excerpt from /var/log/boot that demonstrates the problem,

    Fri Sep 18 13:33:04 2009: done.
    Fri Sep 18 13:33:04 2009: Will now mount local filesystems: ^[[31mfailed!^[[39;49m
    Fri Sep 18 13:33:04 2009: Will now activate swapfile swap:done.

I tried it both ways, with /etc/mtab as a regular file, and as a symlink
to /proc/mounts - this error only occurs when /etc/mtab is a symlink to
/proc/mounts.

Thanks,
--
Jeffrey Sheinberg


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-486
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages initscripts depends on:
ii  debianutils                  2.30        Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  e2fsprogs                    1.41.3-1    ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utiliti
ii  libc6                        2.7-18      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                     3.2-20      Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mount                        2.13.1.1-1  Tools for mounting and manipulatin
ii  sysvinit-utils               2.86.ds1-61 System-V-like utilities

Versions of packages initscripts recommends:
ii  psmisc                        22.6-1     Utilities that use the proc filesy

initscripts suggests no packages.

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