Bug 99373

Summary: error messages on shutdown when /proc/swaps is not enabled...
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman>
Component: initscriptsAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Fixed In Version: 7.31-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Daniel J Blueman 2003-07-18 09:46:07 UTC 
In the linux-2.6.0 test series, when swapping is not explicitly enabled, the 
user sees an error message from awk, as it cannot open /proc/swaps

The code in /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt goes:

# Turn off swap, then unmount file systems.
SWAPS=`awk '! /^Filename/ { print $1 }' /proc/swaps`
[ -n "$SWAPS" ] && runcmd $"Turning off swap: " swapoff $SWAPS

This is fixed by:

[ -f /proc/swaps ] && SWAPS=`awk '! /^Filename/ { print $1 }' /proc/swaps`

And so, is a very cheap fix.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2003-09-03 23:35:59 UTC 
Added, will be  in 7.31-1; thanks!