On 23/07/2019 18:13, Chris Boot wrote:
> Package: busybox
> Version: 1.30.1
>
> We've received a bug in Debian about busybox's mount command not
> supporting the 'auto' option in fstab. This option really is a no-op as
> it is default behaviour that can be disabled with noauto, but it turns
> out that some users add this to their fstab. With util-linux's mount
> this works fine, but busybox mount croaks.
>
> If a user has a separate /usr filesystem, this is mounted in the
> initramfs after the root filesystem. When a user has a separate /usr
> with the auto mount option set, the filesystem fails to mount and the
> user gets dumped into the initramfs shell.
>
> The patch below appears to fix the problem:
>
> --- a/util-linux/mount.c
> +++ b/util-linux/mount.c
> @@ -298,6 +298,7 @@
> /* "defaults" */ 0,
> /* "quiet" 0 - do not filter out, vfat wants to see it */
> /* "noauto" */ MOUNT_NOAUTO,
> + /* "auto" */ ~MOUNT_NOAUTO,
> /* "sw" */ MOUNT_SWAP,
> /* "swap" */ MOUNT_SWAP,
> IF_DESKTOP(/* "user" */ MOUNT_USERS,)
> @@ -358,6 +359,7 @@
> "defaults\0"
> // "quiet\0" - do not filter out, vfat wants to see it
> "noauto\0"
> + "auto\0"
> "sw\0"
> "swap\0"
> IF_DESKTOP("user\0")
>
> For reference, the Debian bug is:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=847424
It's been almost a year since I posted this patch. Is there any chance
it can be merged please?
Cheers,
Chris
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Chris Boot
bo...@debian.org
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