nfs-utils-ipv6/nfs-utils-1.1.4-mtab-sym.patch

   1 ripped from Debian
   2
   3 --- nfs-utils-1.1.4/utils/mount/fstab.c
   4 +++ nfs-utils-1.1.4/utils/mount/fstab.c
   5 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ mtab_does_not_exist(void) {
   6         return var_mtab_does_not_exist;
   7  }
   8
   9 -static int
  10 +int
  11  mtab_is_a_symlink(void) {
  12          get_mtab_info();
  13          return var_mtab_is_a_symlink;
  14 --- nfs-utils-1.1.4/utils/mount/fstab.h
  15 +++ nfs-utils-1.1.4/utils/mount/fstab.h
  16 @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  17  #define _PATH_FSTAB "/etc/fstab"
  18  #endif
  19
  20 +int mtab_is_a_symlink(void);
  21  int mtab_is_writable(void);
  22  int mtab_does_not_exist(void);
  23  void reset_mtab_info(void);
  24 --- nfs-utils-1.1.4/utils/mount/mount.c
  25 +++ nfs-utils-1.1.4/utils/mount/mount.c
  26 @@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ create_mtab (void) {
  27         int flags;
  28         mntFILE *mfp;
  29
  30 +       /* Avoid writing if the mtab is a symlink to /proc/mounts, since
  31 +          that would create a file /proc/mounts in case the proc filesystem
  32 +          is not mounted, and the fchmod below would also fail. */
  33 +       if (mtab_is_a_symlink()) {
  34 +               return EX_SUCCESS;
  35 +       }
  36 +
  37         lock_mtab();
  38
  39         mfp = nfs_setmntent (MOUNTED, "a+");