The concept of device ids simply does not apply to the Hurd
system. Note that fsck is still run, rootcheck refers to the check
whether the root device in /etc/fstab matches the actual device.
---
debian/changelog | 2 ++
debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/checkroot.sh | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 743e77e..e77bd4e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ sysvinit (2.88dsf-42) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* debian/control: Depend on a recent hurd package on hurd-any. The
initscripts require some functionality that has been implemented
only recently.
+ * checkroot.sh: Disable rootcheck on Hurd. The concept of device ids
+ simply does not apply to the Hurd system.
-- Roger Leigh <rle...@debian.org> Sat, 04 May 2013 13:13:51 +0100
diff --git a/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/checkroot.sh
b/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/checkroot.sh
index 3bf506b..97c7e85 100755
--- a/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/checkroot.sh
+++ b/debian/src/initscripts/etc/init.d/checkroot.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ do_start () {
# If not we try to use the /dev/root alias device, and if that
# fails we create a temporary node in /run.
#
- if [ "$rootcheck" = yes ]
+ # Skip this on on Hurd. The concept of device ids simply does
+ # not apply to the Hurd system.
+ KERNEL="$(uname)"
+ if [ "$rootcheck" = yes ] && [ "$KERNEL" != GNU ]
then
ddev="$(mountpoint -qx $rootdev)"
rdev="$(mountpoint -d /)"
--
1.7.10.4
