Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
The dist ugprader tarball includes the following:
if replaced:
logging.debug("writing new /etc/fstab")
open("/etc/fstab.intrepid","w").write("\n".join(lines))
os.rename("/etc/fstab.intrepid","/etc/fstab")
This will write a new copy of /etc/fstab _WITHOUT_ the final newline (it
only puts newlines between the existant lines).
Removing the final newline means that the shell code in several places
that tries to parse /etc/fstab will fail, in particular this will mean:
- if the last entry is a swap partition, it will not be activated
- if the last entry is an ordinary partition, it will not be checked (and may
not be mounted!)
- if the last entry is an NFS mount, it will not be mounted
While you could argue those are bugs in themselves, it would be nice if
the dist-upgrader didn't cause them :p
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Critical
Assignee: Michael Vogt (mvo)
Status: New
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu Intrepid)
Importance: Critical
Assignee: Michael Vogt (mvo)
Status: New
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Intrepid)
Importance: Undecided => Critical
Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo)
Target: None => ubuntu-8.10
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Removes trailing newline from /etc/fstab
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279093
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