Bug#576243: linux-base postinst exits when no /etc/fstab in Debian live

[Steven Shiau <steven@nchc.org.tw>]

Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 09:13 +0800, Steven Shiau wrote:
>   
> > Package: linux-base
> > Version: 2.6.33-1~experimental.2
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: sid
> >
> > *** Please type your report below this line ***
> > When creating a Debian live system with live-helper, there is no file 
> > /etc/fstab for such a live system. However, the "$fstab->close();" in 
> > "/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-base.postinst" will just exit in this case.
> > Please fix it. Thanks.
> >     
>
> Thanks for pointing out this bug.  The fundamental issue is that we
> shouldn't be attempting to do any conversion during a fresh installation
> (whether that is done through debootstrap, debian-installer or
> live-helper).
>
> Because linux-base is a new package, we cannot simply check that this is
> a fresh installation of linux-base.  Instead, I've added a check that
> (1) /etc/fstab exists and (2) one or more linux-image packages are
> already installed.  I believe this will do the right thing.
>
> Ben.
>
>   
Got it. Thanks.
Look forward to the next release.

Steven.

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