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.



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