Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] inspect: check also /etc/hosts for detecting Linux root (RHBZ#1203898)

Use /etc/hosts as alternative of /etc/fstab to detect whether a partition represents the root of a Linux installation; the latter might not exist in smaller/special installations like Docker images. --- src/inspect-fs.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/inspect-fs.c b/src/inspect-fs.c index 02fdb2a..ad175f8 100644 --- a/src/inspect-fs.c +++ b/src/inspect-fs.c @@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ check_filesystem (guestfs_h *g, const char *mountable, (is_dir_bin || (guestfs_is_symlink (g, "/bin") > 0 && guestfs_is_dir (g, "/usr/bin") > 0)) && - guestfs_is_file (g, "/etc/fstab") > 0) { + (guestfs_is_file (g, "/etc/fstab") > 0 || + guestfs_is_file (g, "/etc/hosts") > 0)) {

fs->is_root = 1; fs->format = OS_FORMAT_INSTALLED; if (guestfs_int_check_linux_root (g, fs) == -1)