From 87589b49d1543595188dcb26aa5a09d33e5e0a4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Guthrie <colin@mageia.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:31:38 +0100
Subject: Do not attempt to overwrite /etc/mtab if it's a symlink (suppresses
 error)

---
 rc.d/init.d/halt | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'rc.d')

diff --git a/rc.d/init.d/halt b/rc.d/init.d/halt
index 3f6d5dac..c137d87d 100755
--- a/rc.d/init.d/halt
+++ b/rc.d/init.d/halt
@@ -161,9 +161,12 @@ fi
 
 [ -x /sbin/quotaoff ] && action "Turning off quotas: " /sbin/quotaoff -aug
 
-# first remove entry /initrd/loopfs as it can't be unmounted :(
-mtab=$(fgrep -v "/initrd/loopfs[^/]" /etc/mtab)
-(IFS= ; echo $mtab > /etc/mtab)
+# Only adjust mtab if it's not a symbolic link
+if [ ! -L /etc/mtab ]; then
+  # first remove entry /initrd/loopfs as it can't be unmounted :(
+  mtab=$(fgrep -v "/initrd/loopfs[^/]" /etc/mtab)
+  (IFS= ; echo $mtab > /etc/mtab)
+fi
 
 # Unmount file systems, killing processes if we have to.
 # Unmount loopback stuff first
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