Bug#641742: extlinux-update's root system extraction from fstab can produce not-booting roots

2011-09-16 Thread Yair K.
On Friday 16 September 2011 10:19:07 Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 09/15/2011 05:44 PM, Yair K. wrote: > > extlinux-update currently extracts root system by looking at /etc/fstab . > > ftr: it only takes it from fstab if it's not already set otherwise. I don't think users are expected to create /etc

Bug#641742: extlinux-update's root system extraction from fstab can produce not-booting roots

2011-09-16 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 09/15/2011 05:44 PM, Yair K. wrote: > extlinux-update currently extracts root system by looking at /etc/fstab . ftr: it only takes it from fstab if it's not already set otherwise. > Problem is that / mounting can use LABEL= or UUID= arguments which are > unsupported by the vanilla kernel. d

Bug#641742: extlinux-update's root system extraction from fstab can produce not-booting roots

2011-09-15 Thread Yair K.
Package: extlinux Version: 2:4.04+dfsg-3 Severity: important extlinux-update currently extracts root system by looking at /etc/fstab . Problem is that / mounting can use LABEL= or UUID= arguments which are unsupported by the vanilla kernel. There are also more complicated cases of mismatches**