install writes /etc/mtab as file, not symlink
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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finish-install (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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finish-install (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Martin Pitt | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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High
|
Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
Updated iso to today's daily for installing.
Installed to a preformatted partition.
Xubuntu 64bit desktop install.
Install completed, rebooted. Stopped at
/etc/mtab is not a symlink or not pointing to /proc/self/mounts
Booted to recovery:
ln -fs /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab
Rebooted and system booted as expected.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Thu Oct 29 13:35:07 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-29 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151029)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
Changed in finish-install (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-15.11 |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
See https:/ /lists. ubuntu. com/archives/ ubuntu- devel/2015- October/ 038961. html for more information why we currently have such a hard failure mode and the rationale behind it.