Bug 373425 – /etc/init.d/mtab: wrong check for symlink /etc/mtab -> /proc/mounts

• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 370037
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description tot-to 2011-06-29 02:03:06 UTC]

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

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2011-06-29 19:28:28 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 370037 ***