/etc/init/mounted-tmp.conf doesn't clean /tmp if it's NOT a mountpoint

[marianitn]

Binary package hint: mountall

Version: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Arch: i386
Package version: 2.15

After a fresh Lucid install I noted /tmp was not cleaned any more (it did on Karmic). I use a single partition and /tmp is not a separate mountpoint.

[ejprinz (ejprinz)]

I am running Lucid but have separate partitions for /tmp and /usr. After reboot /tmp is not cleared. The script in

/etc/init/mounted-tmp.conf

fails before the line

    find . -depth -xdev $TEXPR $EXCEPT ! -type d -delete

I think this is because "find" is located in /usr/bin, and /usr/bin is not yet mounted.

if I copy /usr/bin/find to /bin the script runs OK and /tmp is being cleared.

So, I think the line

start on mounted MOUNTPOINT=/tmp

has to include a statement such as "if /usr is a separate partition, mount it before running the script". Unfortunately I don't know how to do this in upstart.

A temporary fix is to copy /usr/bin/find to /bin

[ejprinz (ejprinz)]

confirmed that copying /usr/bin/find to /bin solves the issue on another Ubuntu 10.04 machine.

[Andrea Rota (hotzeplotz)]

on Ubuntu 10.04 amd64 with /usr (and /var, and /home, but these should not be relevant) mounted separately from /, the workaround above (copying /usr/bin/find to /bin) works for me too.

[Jakob Unterwurzacher (jakobunt)]

Guys, you are in the wrong bug. You are looking for
Bug 523587 "/etc/init/mounted-tmp.conf uses find, which is in /usr/bin"

[Jakob Unterwurzacher (jakobunt)]

I don't know why and when, but this seems to be fixed, tmp is now cleaned on boot here on Lucid.

$ apt-cache policy mountall upstart
mountall:
  Installed: 2.15.3
upstart:
  Installed: 0.6.5-7

[greenmang0 (greenmang0)]

I am using Maverick

abhishek@mango:~$ apt-cache policy mountall upstart
upstart:
  Installed: 0.6.6-3
  Candidate: 0.6.6-3
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.6-3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mountall:
  Installed: 2.19
  Candidate: 2.19
  Version table:
 *** 2.19 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

But still mounted-tmp.conf fails to clean up /tmp

[Maat Ghandi (natty-brew)]

Running 10.04 with /tmp on a separate partition the problem still exists.

I used the work-around posted by ejprinz in the duplicate bug #524196 where he copied /usr/bin/find into /bin. This work-around does work.