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Description of problem:
I mistakenly had two entries for / in /etc/fstab.  As a result, when I installed
an updated kernel RPM, I got the following mysterious message:
# rpm -iv redhat-9up/athlon/kernel-2.4.20-9.athlon.rpm
Preparing packages for installation...
kernel-2.4.20-9
awk: cmd. line:1: $2 == "rhl9
awk: cmd. line:1:       ^ unterminated string

I tracked this down to the script /sbin/new-kernel-pkg:
71          label=$(echo $rootdevice | cut -d= -f2)
72          device=$(echo "showlabels" | /sbin/nash  --force --quiet |
73                          awk '$2 == "'$label'" {print $1}')

This last line becomes malformed after the substitution of $label because $label
contains multiple tokens.  To make the code more robust, enclose the variable
reference in double quotes:
73                          awk '$2 == "'"$label"'" {print $1}')
This should prevent the very obscure message but does nothing to properly report
the problem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mkinitrd-3.4.42-1

How reproducible:
Didn't try but should happen every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.have two entries in /etc/fstab for /
2.directly or indirectly run mkinitrd
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