I can't see from the changelogs what this was meant to fix, but users already have methods of disabling nfsd if they don't want it to start, so this change in behaviour doesn't seem to be necessary, and breaks expected behaviour.
I can see two ways of solving this, either by simply deleting the `grep -q '^[[:space:]]*[^#]*/' $export_files` test (preferable since it restores expected behaviour), or by introducing an additional switch in /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server to control whether nfsd is started with empty exports (this could default to on to restore expected behaviour, but this still seems superfluous, since the user can simply disable the init job using existing mechanisms). ** Description changed: Since the following change: --- a/debian/nfs-kernel-server.init 2012-09-18 11:03:38.389491693 +1000 +++ b/debian/nfs-kernel-server.init 2012-09-18 10:54:36.317492001 +1000 @@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ - # See how we were called. - case "$1" in - start) + # See how we were called. + case "$1" in + start) - if [ -f /etc/exports ] + export_files="/etc/exports" + for file in /etc/exports.d/*.exports ; do + if [ -f "$file" ]; then + export_files="$export_files $file" + fi + done + if [ -f /etc/exports ] && grep -q '^[[:space:]]*[^#]*/' $export_files - then - do_modprobe nfsd - - It is no longer possible to start nfsd without content in /etc/exports, making it impossible to create temporary exports (ie - using exportfs) if the host does not have permanent exports. This also breaks other alternative management tools that eschew /etc/exports, like ZFS. + then + do_modprobe nfsd + + It is no longer possible to start nfsd without content in /etc/exports + (or /etc/exports.d/*), making it impossible to create temporary exports + (ie - using exportfs) if the host does not have permanent exports. This + also breaks other alternative management tools that eschew /etc/exports, + like ZFS. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nfs-kernel-server 1:1.2.6-3ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.19-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zcommon znvpair zavl zunicode ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 18 10:47:08 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120903.2) ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_AU:en - TERM=xterm-256color - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_AU:en + TERM=xterm-256color + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nfs-utils UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052264 Title: nfsd won't start unless exports has content To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/1052264/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
