2 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
index ce4622a5e5..91514bac86 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ apply_cfgfile() {
                 return 1
         }
 
-        cat ${CFGFILE} | grep -v "^#" | \
-                while read LINE; do
-                eval `echo "$LINE" | sed -n "s/\(.*\)\ \(.*\) \(.*\)\ \(.*\)\ \(.*\)\ \(.*\)/TTYPE=\1 ; TUSER=\2; TGROUP=\3; TMODE=\4; TNAME=\5 TLTARGET=\6/p"`
+        cat ${CFGFILE} | sed 's/#.*//' | \
+        while read TTYPE TUSER TGROUP TMODE TNAME TLTARGET; do
+                test -z "${TLTARGET}" && continue
                 TNAME=${ROOT_DIR}${TNAME}
                 [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Checking for -${TNAME}-."
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
index 297245d0e4..bc17c4553d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # This configuration file lists filesystem objects that should get verified
 # during startup and be created if missing.
 #
-# Every line must either be a comment starting with #
-# or a definition of format:
+# Entries have the following format:
 # <type> <owner> <group> <mode> <path> <linksource>
 # where the items are separated by whitespace !
 #
+# The # character introduces a comment lasting until end of line.
+# Blank lines are ignored.
+#
 # <type> : d|f|l : (d)irectory|(f)ile|(l)ink
 #
 # A linking example: