[Bug 1216610] Re: Autofs mount fails if it relies on another autofs managed resource on Ubuntu; compile option missing

[Joe Jaeger]

Filed the bug in debian Bug#721331

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Title:
  Autofs mount fails if it relies on another autofs managed resource on
  Ubuntu; compile option missing

Status in “autofs” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I am trying to access an autofs mounted resource that depends on another autofs managed resource.
  I.e. I try to open a truecrypt container that is located on a samba fileshare.
  Both are registered with autofs and both are initially not mounted.
  When I try to access the truecrypt container it fails. The autofs log says "no such file" for the cifs container and does not
  try to mount the cifs resource automatically.
  If I manually mount the cifs fileshare (or try to accesss this prior to the truecrypt) it works.

  After some research and communication with the autofs maintainer (Ian Kent) I found out that in order for this to work autofs has to be configured with the  configure option
  --disable-mount-locking is used.

  Currently, autofs_5.0.7-3ubuntu1.dsc does not use this option.
  I contacted the autofs maintainer and he confirmed that 
  --disable-mount-locking should be used in the configure.
  He believes that using this option causes no side effects and solves the issue I experience.

  Additional infos requested:
  1)
  > lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 13.04
  Release:	13.04

  2)
  >apt-cache policy autofs
  autofs:
    Installed: 5.0.7-3ubuntu1
    Candidate: 5.0.7-3ubuntu1

  3)
  I would expect that the autofs_5.0.7-3ubuntu1.debian.tar.xz -> rules is adapted and the option
  --disable-mount-locking
  is added by default, see attachement patch

  4)
  n/a

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: autofs 5.0.7-3ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42-generic 3.8.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Aug 25 18:51:02 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-30 (148 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: autofs
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (119 days ago)

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