Bug#774149: fixing the stable package

[Faheem Mitha]

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Hi,

The patch by Christian Weinberger fixes the problem for me, though I don't 
really understand it.

It seems this bug breaks usbmount in stable, at least for me, and (it 
seems) others too. Is this a candidate for a stable fix? I'm willing to 
make a fix and do an upload if there is someone out there who will sponsor 
me. Or should I submit a pull request? And if so, where?

Oh, but first, could we get come concensus that the Christian patch is the 
correct way to go? It looks good to me, but I don't understand the context 
well enough to say.

                                                      Regard, Faheem Mitha