On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Awais Belal <awais_be...@mentor.com> wrote:
> Using a copy would only make management of devices erroneous
> and makes the system unstable in some scenarios as tools will
> have to manipulate both files separately. A link ensures that
> both files /proc/mounts and /etc/mtab will have the same
> information at all times and this is how it is handled
> on newer systems where there is such a need. Same is
> suggested by busybox.
>
> Signed-off-by: Awais Belal <awais_be...@mentor.com>
> ---
> meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh | 2 +-
> meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh
> b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh
> index f564f4e..53f6508 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh
> @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ mkdir -p /tmp
>
> # Create /etc/mtab if not present
> if [ ! -e /etc/mtab ]; then
> - cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab
> + ln -sf /etc/mtab /proc/mounts
Did you mean:
ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
?
> fi
>
> disk_size=$(parted ${device} unit mb print | grep '^Disk .*: .*MB' | cut -d"
> " -f 3 | sed -e "s/MB//")
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh
> b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh
> index 72ce92b..21ae0a6 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh
> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ fi
>
> mkdir -p /tmp
> if [ ! -L /etc/mtab ]; then
> - cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab
> + ln -sf /etc/mtab /proc/mounts
> fi
>
> disk_size=$(parted ${device} unit mb print | grep '^Disk .*: .*MB' | cut -d"
> " -f 3 | sed -e "s/MB//")
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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