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Greg Faith (gregfaith) wrote : Re: [Bug 946480] Re: Remastering Precise fails on resolv.conf

Pascal, please note I had the problem much earlier and have not tried the
patch as yet.
In fact Lubuntu precise i386 now has a non-pae kernel by default and I have
not tired the
remastersys since.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Pascal de Bruijn <email address hidden>wrote:

> Are you sure you are having the same issue? Because the patch removes
> the problematic copy action, after which it simply can't be a problem
> any more... Right?
>
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> Title:
> Remastering Precise fails on resolv.conf
>
> Status in Ubuntu Customization Kit:
> Confirmed
> Status in “uck” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> The current UCK version fails on resolv.conf when remastering Precise
> Beta1.
>
> As /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf on
> Precise.
>
> Since /run is bind-mounted from the host OS, the source and
> destination resolv.conf are the same files, thus cp returns an error
> code, making uck fail.
>
> Since /run is bind-mounted it makes the entire copy of resolv.conf
> superfluous, so it can be removed:
>
> diff -Nurpd a/remaster-live-cd.sh b/remaster-live-cd.sh
> --- a/remaster-live-cd.sh 2012-03-04 16:32:00.299733023 +0100
> +++ b/remaster-live-cd.sh 2012-03-04 16:43:05.375030941 +0100
> @@ -354,10 +354,6 @@ function prepare_rootfs_for_chroot()
> {
> mount_pseudofilesystems
>
> - echo "Copying resolv.conf..."
> - cp -f /etc/resolv.conf "$REMASTER_DIR/etc/resolv.conf" ||
> - failure "Failed to copy resolv.conf, error=$?"
> -
> echo "Copying fstab/mtab..."
> if [ -f "$REMASTER_DIR/etc/fstab" ] ; then
> mv "$REMASTER_DIR/etc/fstab" "$REMASTER_DIR/etc/fstab.uck"
> ||
>
> Though this might make uck fail for other Ubuntu versions. I only
> tested with Precise.
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