call bash as bash instead of sh. also, don't completely die if we fail to set the clock for some reason. real problems will be ferretted out by finding packages to upgrade

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/iutil.py b/iutil.py
index 9e3d07221..c2ae65eb5 100644
--- a/iutil.py
+++ b/iutil.py
@@ -361,9 +361,12 @@ case "$SRM" in
 esac
 /sbin/hwclock $CLOCKFLAGS
 """)
-    execWithRedirect('/bin/sh', args, stdin = None,
-                     stdout = None, stderr = None,
-                     root = root)
+    try:
+        execWithRedirect('/bin/bash', args, stdin = None,
+                         stdout = None, stderr = None,
+                         root = root)
+    except RuntimeError:
+        log("Failed to set clock properly.  Going to try to continue anyway.")
 
 def swapAmount():
     f = open("/proc/meminfo", "r")