mtab: delete any stale locks2011.10.2

This should fix (to the extent possible) #FS26337.

Figured-out-by: Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit
index d6e7bbd..dffea4d 100755
--- a/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.sysinit
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ status "Remounting Root Read/Write" \
 # don't touch /etc/mtab if it is a symlink to /proc/self/mounts
 if [[ ! -L /etc/mtab ]]; then
 	stat_busy "Creating mtab"
+		rm -f /etc/mtab~* # delete any stale locks
 		if [[ -x $(type -P findmnt) && -e /proc/self/mountinfo ]]; then
 			findmnt -rnu -o SOURCE,TARGET,FSTYPE,OPTIONS >| /etc/mtab
 		else