Bug#744003: nfs-kernel-server does not start with empty exports

[Arunas Ruksnaitis <aris020@yahoo.co.uk>]

Package: nfs-kernel-server

Version: 1:1.2.6-4      amd64

 

/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-service is being clever/lazy and does not start if there is no exports in the file /etc/exports.

I had to comment out the following lines to get zfs sharenfs working.

#       if [ -f /etc/exports ] && grep -q '^[[:space:]]*[^#]*/' $export_files

#       then

          {do work}

#       else

#               log_warning_msg "Not starting $DESC: no exports."

#       fi

I suggest it should always start, because it provides sharing services for other systems like ZFS.

If people did not want it to run, they would not have installed it.

Regards,

-Arunas