pe, 2005-09-16 kello 21:58 +0200, Ola Lundqvist kirjoitti: > It was needed when I created the package. Unless this was done > every nfs client was updating the same file and thus made all systems > not working.
OK, that explains why it's done. > > Moreover, if the system happens to not have proc mounted, the code will > > create a broken system. (Happened to me in a chroot without proc; it is > > fairly unlikely to happen in a real system, but not impossible.) > > Well in that case I do not think this package should be used. > > However I created this package for potato and thus things may > have changed over the years. I do not know if this is still needed. > > Do you know? I have no idea. I don't use nfsbooted, I merely tested it with piuparts (along with other packages in etch). *At least* you should warn the sysadmin of what is happening (using debconf in some way). Silent reconfigurations of the system behind their back is bad. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]