Bug#376366: file-rc 0.8.8 breaks system boot
Package: file-rc Version: 0.8.7 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system Hi, last night I upgraded file-rc to 0.8.8 before shutting down the pc. And this morning when it tried to boot somehow the init scripts weren't run properly. I landed on a login-prompt, while a display manager should've come up. After logging in, all that is mounted is /, no /usr, no /var nothing else. I rebooted into single user mode and it seemed that no init-scripts were run, i.e. not even udev. I again had only / mounted and had no way of even activating my LVM volumes (I don't have the error messages from that at hand). After reinstalling 0.8.7 everythings fine again. Andreas -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17 Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#376366: file-rc 0.8.8 breaks system boot
On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 12:38:15PM +0200, Andreas Pakulat wrote: last night I upgraded file-rc to 0.8.8 before shutting down the pc. And this morning when it tried to boot somehow the init scripts weren't run properly. I landed on a login-prompt, while a display manager should've come up. After logging in, all that is mounted is /, no /usr, no /var nothing else. I rebooted into single user mode and it seemed that no init-scripts were run, i.e. not even udev. I again had only / mounted and had no way of even activating my LVM volumes (I don't have the error messages from that at hand). After reinstalling 0.8.7 everythings fine again. I can confirm this behavior. Additionally, shutdown fails: One is dropped into a sulogin prompt. The only way to shut the system down seems to be pulling the plug. Downgrading to 0.8.7 solved the issue for me as well. Greetings Marc -- - Marc Haber | I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things.Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#376366: file-rc 0.8.8 breaks system boot
This seems to happen because the IFS variable is changed inside the element function and isn't restored back. This makes the config file be parsed incorrectly and none of the boot scripts are run. I've worked around this problem by saving and restoring the IFS in the loop that parses the config file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
