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

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Jeffrey Sheinberg]
> 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.

Hm.  Thought I had tested that and seen it working.  Can you provide
the output when adding 'set -x' at the start of mountall.sh?

I assume you are aware of the problems with /etc/mtab being a symlink
as reported in #494001.

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen