[Libguestfs] [PATCH v2 09/11] appliance: skip /etc/mtab creation is already existing

At least on openSUSE and SLES, the /etc/mtab file is already existing. Skipping the symlink creation in init removes one error message during the appliance boot. --- appliance/init | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/appliance/init b/appliance/init index eb60d06..3fdf4d0 100755 --- a/appliance/init +++ b/appliance/init @@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ ln -s ../run/lock /var/lock # On Fedora 23, util-linux creates /etc/mtab in %post .. stupid # and e2fsprogs fails if the link doesn't exist .. stupid stupid -ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab +if ! test -e /etc/mtab; then + ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab +fi # devtmpfs is required since udev 176 mount -t devtmpfs /dev /dev -- 2.6.6