Overwriting of /etc/mtab would fail as below if the /etc/mtab link already exist during installation phase, this patch fix this problem by checking existance of the link before try to overwrite it.
Error message during installation if the /etc/mtab exists: "cat: /proc/mounts: input file is output file" Signed-off-by: Cristian Iorga <cristian.io...@intel.com> --- meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh index 6faa233..d2cc6ac 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh +++ b/meta/recipes-core/initrdscripts/files/init-install-testfs.sh @@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ if [ ! -b /dev/loop0 ] ; then fi mkdir -p /tmp -cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab +if [ ! -L /etc/mtab ]; then + cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab +fi disk_size=$(parted /dev/${device} unit mb print | grep Disk | cut -d" " -f 3 | sed -e "s/MB//") -- 1.9.1 -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core