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 <[email protected]> --- meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh | 4 ++-- meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 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..c5db2f0 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh +++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-efi.sh @@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ umount ${device}* 2> /dev/null || /bin/true mkdir -p /tmp # Create /etc/mtab if not present -if [ ! -e /etc/mtab ]; then - cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab +if [ ! -e /etc/mtab ] && [ -e /proc/mounts ]; then + ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab fi disk_size=$(parted ${device} unit mb print | grep '^Disk .*: .*MB' | cut -d" " -f 3 | sed -e "s/MB//") diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh index 72ce92b..bf92acb 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh +++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install.sh @@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ if [ ! -b /dev/loop0 ] ; then fi mkdir -p /tmp -if [ ! -L /etc/mtab ]; then - cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab +if [ ! -L /etc/mtab ] && [ -e /proc/mounts ]; then + ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab fi disk_size=$(parted ${device} unit mb print | grep '^Disk .*: .*MB' | cut -d" " -f 3 | sed -e "s/MB//") -- 1.9.1 -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
