| Summary: | /etc/init.d/mtab: wrong check for symlink /etc/mtab -> /proc/mounts | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | tot-to <bugs.gentoo.org.list> |
| Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers> |
| Status: | RESOLVED DUPLICATE | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | AMD64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 370037 *** |
mtab init script checks if /etc/mtab is symlink to /proc/mounts with this script: if [ ! -w /etc/mtab -a -L /etc/mtab ]; then eeinfo "Skipping mtab update (non writeable symlink)" return 0 fi I have checked this conditions in shell and they are not works correctly: # ls -al /etc/mtab lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 22 03:09 /etc/mtab -> /proc/mounts # if [ ! -w /etc/mtab -a -L /etc/mtab ]; then echo 'symlink'; else echo 'not symlink' ; fi not symlink Reproducible: Always