On Sun, 10 May 2009 02:44:29 -0400 Theodore Tso <[email protected]> wrote:
> tag 527859 +wontfix > thanks > Does this mean you're not even going to provide output to tell the user how to work around the problem? > On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 07:11:02PM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: > > > > I'm talking about the general case; an initramfs *or* a recovery cd. > > If I'd had one handy, I probably would've used that instead of > > breaking into the initramfs. > > Do you have a list of recovery CD's which either don't use an some > kind of ramfs or tmpfs for the root partition, and which don't symlink > /proc/mounts to /etc/mtab? The problem is you have to do one or the > other, or most tools don't work. Having a sane /etc/mtab is pretty > fundamental.... > > > The initramfs doesn't *need* an /etc/mtab, and you assume a sane > > environment that might not exist. > > Feel free to make your own version of resize2fs that have the safety > checks removed..... > > Me, I'll stick with assuming a sane environment. I've already shown you that you can't make that assumption in the real world. > > > > What's wrong with fixing the initramfs tools to create a proper > > > /etc/mtab file? > > > > Absolutely nothing, until someone's using the tool on a non-debian > > system whose initramfs (or recovery cd) doesn't create /etc/mtab. > > Uh, this is a ***Debian*** bug that you've submitted, right? > > - Ted I submitted it here because I know you're both the debian maintainer and upstream. Would you prefer that I submit it upstream? If so, please point me at the BTS or mailing list that I should be emailing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
