1 files changed, 102 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sys-kernel/dracut/files/dracut-002-dir-symlinks.patch b/sys-kernel/dracut/files/dracut-002-dir-symlinks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9106e3719259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/dracut/files/dracut-002-dir-symlinks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+From 044fbc9ed51e4df819ee5710ed519c566579ff59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lance Albertson <lance@osuosl.org>
+Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:33:41 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 3/3] dir symlinks
+
+---
+ dracut           |    2 +-
+ dracut-functions |   43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
+ 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/dracut b/dracut
+index b96ad5e..0518969 100755
+--- a/dracut
++++ b/dracut
+@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export initdir hookdirs dsrc dracutmodules drivers \
+ if [[ $kernel_only != yes ]]; then
+     # Create some directory structure first
+     for d in bin sbin usr/bin usr/sbin usr/lib etc proc sys sysroot tmp dev/pts var/run; do 
+-	mkdir -p "$initdir/$d"; 
++	inst_dir "/$d"; 
+     done
+ fi
+ 
+diff --git a/dracut-functions b/dracut-functions
+index 2abd6f2..1f2d1e6 100755
+--- a/dracut-functions
++++ b/dracut-functions
+@@ -131,6 +131,36 @@ check_vol_slaves() {
+     return 1
+ }
+ 
++# Install a directory, keeping symlinks as on the original system.
++# Example: if /lib64 points to /lib on the host, "inst_dir /lib/file"
++# will create ${initdir}/lib64, ${initdir}/lib64/file,
++# and a symlink ${initdir}/lib -> lib64.
++inst_dir() {
++    local dir="$1"
++    [[ -e "${initdir}$dir" ]] && return 0
++
++    # iterate over parent directories
++    local file=""
++    local IFS="/"
++    for part in $dir; do
++        [ -z "$part" ] && continue
++        file="$file/$part"
++        [[ -e "${initdir}$file" ]] && continue
++
++        if [ -L "$file" ]; then
++            # create link as the original
++            local target=$(readlink "$file")
++            ln -sfn "$target" "${initdir}$file" || return 1
++            # resolve relative path and recursively install destionation
++            [[ "$target" = "${target##*/}" ]] && target="${file%/*}/$target"
++            inst_dir "$target"
++        else
++            # create directory
++            mkdir -p "${initdir}$file" || return 1
++        fi
++    done
++}
++
+ # $1 = file to copy to ramdisk
+ # $2 (optional) Name for the file on the ramdisk
+ # Location of the image dir is assumed to be $initdir
+@@ -138,11 +168,11 @@ check_vol_slaves() {
+ inst_simple() {
+     local src target
+     [[ -f $1 ]] || return 1
+-    src=$1 target=${initdir}${2:-$1}
+-    [[ -f $target ]] && return 0
+-    mkdir -p "${target%/*}"
++    src=$1 target="${2:-$1}"
++    [[ -f ${initdir}$target ]] && return 0
++    inst_dir "${target%/*}"
+     dinfo "Installing $src" 
+-    cp -pfL "$src" "$target"
++    cp -fL "$src" "${initdir}$target"
+ }
+ 
+ # Same as above, but specialzed to handle dynamic libraries.
+@@ -155,7 +185,7 @@ inst_library() {
+ 	reallib=$(readlink -f "$src")
+ 	lib=${src##*/}
+ 	inst_simple "$reallib" "$reallib"
+-	mkdir -p "${initdir}${dest%/*}"
++	inst_dir "${dest%/*}"
+ 	(cd "${initdir}${dest%/*}" && ln -s "$reallib" "$lib")
+     else
+ 	inst_simple "$src" "$dest"
+@@ -250,7 +280,8 @@ find_rule() {
+ # create a function to install them to make life simpler.
+ inst_rules() { 
+     local target=/etc/udev/rules.d
+-    mkdir -p "$initdir/lib/udev/rules.d" "$initdir$target"
++    inst_dir "/lib/udev/rules.d"
++    inst_dir "$target"
+     for rule in "$@"; do 
+ 	rule=$(find_rule "$rule") && \
+ 	    inst_simple "$rule" "$target/${rule##*/}"
+-- 
+1.6.3.3
+