Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.23 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com Usertags: origin-ubuntu ubuntu-patch maverick
In https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/110144, Evan Klitzke (CCed) suggested that debootstrap could be improved to create a few more skeleton system configuration files by default. I didn't agree with all his points (see the Ubuntu bug for details), but it does seem that creating skeleton /etc/hosts and /etc/fstab would be beneficial - I've verified that this won't break netcfg or partman-target respectively. The essence of Evan's patch was (I've removed a bit about /etc/network/interfaces since I feel that's better handled elsewhere, and apologies that this is actually against the current Ubuntu script but I'm sure the intent will be clear): Index: scripts/gutsy =================================================================== --- scripts/gutsy (revision 64498) +++ scripts/gutsy (working copy) @@ -53,10 +53,45 @@ setup_etc if [ ! -e "$TARGET/etc/fstab" ]; then - echo '# UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM' > "$TARGET/etc/fstab" + echo '# /etc/fstab: static file system information.' > $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '# file system mount point type options dump pass' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo 'proc /proc proc defaults 0 0' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo 'sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '# Here are some example entries; uncomment these lines and add the correct' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '# device name. Note that the recommended way to mount partitions is now by UUID' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '# rather than device name; see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibAtaForAtaDisks for' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '# details. You can find out the UUIDs of your partitions by running blkid.' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,rw,sync,user,exec 0 0' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user,exec 0 0' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#/dev/XXX none swap sw 0 0' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#/dev/XXX / ext3 defaults 0 1' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#/dev/XXX /boot ext3 ro,nosuid,nodev 0 2' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#UUID=XXX /home ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#UUID=XXX /tmp ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#UUID=XXX /var ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#UUID=XXX /usr ext3 rw,nodev 0 2' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab + echo '#UUID=XXX /home ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 2' >> $TARGET/etc/fstab chown 0:0 "$TARGET/etc/fstab"; chmod 644 "$TARGET/etc/fstab" fi + if [ ! -e "$TARGET/etc/hosts" ]; then + echo '127.0.0.1 localhost' > "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + echo '' >> "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + echo '# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts' >> "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + echo '::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback' >> "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + echo 'fe00::0 ip6-localnet' >> "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + echo 'ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix' >> "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + echo 'ff02::1 ip6-allnodes' >> "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + echo 'ff02::2 ip6-allrouters' >> "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + echo 'ff02::3 ip6-allhosts' >> "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + chown 0:0 "$TARGET/etc/hosts"; chmod 644 "$TARGET/etc/hosts" + fi + if doing_variant fakechroot; then setup_devices_fakechroot else I think the proposed /etc/hosts is probably fine, modulo verification that it's bitwise-identical with netcfg's default. Regarding /etc/fstab, I think we should be a bit less verbose than that and more generic rather than referring to the Ubuntu wiki, and we should make sure everything is synced up with partman-target. I'm also not sure about removing "UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM" - I remember that that used to be a token that some software checked for, and, while that doesn't seem to be the case in d-i any more, I'd be cautious about removing it all the same. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks, -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100823114511.gr21...@riva.ucam.org
