On Sunday 29 March 2009 05:44:43 Mike Hommey wrote: > severity 425199 important > thanks > > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 07:31:17PM -0700, David Lawyer wrote: > > Package: initscripts > > Version: 1.13.25 > > > > I get this message when I boot. It comes from > > /etc/init.d/mountall.sh. when it tries to mount per /etc/fstab. By > > commenting out lines in /etc/fstab I found that it's the line which > > mounts the proc filesystem on /proc that is causing the problem. > > > > In ubantu I found that the mountall script had: mount ... -t noproc .. > > In other words, it doesn't try to mount proc and thus no error message. > > When I add noproc to Debian's mountall.sh (after -t of course), the > > "Failed!" message disappears. > > > > I checked on the internet and found old instructions (not labelled > > "old") that fstab should have a line to mount proc. I'm using a > > Debian from several years ago but upgrade it about once a year using > > apt-get. So it should be current. But upgrading doesn't seem to modify > > fstab (assuming that it shouldn't have a line to mount proc). > > > > So a fix is needed: either use noproc or have upgrades modify > > /etc/fstab. > > I confirm the bug and the possible fixes. Obviously, adding noproc is > the solution, here. > > Note that you can still have /proc entry from an old install of Debian, > which *did* put it there at the times it was required. > > Nowadays, /etc/init.d/mountkernfs.sh takes care of mounting /proc, /sys, > and other kernel filesystems, so having an entry for /proc in > /etc/fstab has become useless. > > I'd also say this is a pretty important bug, because it can hide real > problems by systematically giving out an error when there is none. > > I'd go as far as saying this should go to stable-proposed-updates.
Can someone please provide the patch against mountall.sh, preferably from a debcheckout, so that the patch may be applied. Thanks, Kel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
