[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#697002: [PATCH initramfs-tools 0/5] Only mount /usr if the real init is systemd

[Ben Hutchings]

On Thu, 2014-10-02 at 18:39 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-09-29 at 01:44 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > Currently initscripts will not work correctly if /usr is mounted by
> > initramfs-tools.  Firstly, fsck will fail and the boot process will
> > stop.  If you press Ctrl-D to continue, the boot process will succeed
> > but /usr will not be remounted read-write if necessary.
> [...]
> 
> Also, we must not run fsck in the initramfs because the system clock may
> not be correct yet; see #763777.
>
> Unfortunately, systemd does not fsck /usr if it's already mounted.
> Which means this is now broken for all init systems!

It looks like we can sort out the system time just by adding hwclock and
some config files into the initramfs.  hwclock already hooks into udev,
and the kernel ensures that the adjustment of system time to a local
time zone is done only once.  So please assume that the initramfs will
continue to fsck /usr.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
                                                           - Albert Einstein
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