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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: converting /etc/mtab to a symlink
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:54:05
Message-Id: CAJ0EP42ea=JbWwi-gm6HxDiHaV4azPs+BjODzUkuV9p-MhWwdQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: converting /etc/mtab to a symlink by Matt Turner
1 On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:32 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
3 >> All,
4 >>
5 >> from what I'm seeing, we should look into converting /etc/mtab to a
6 >> symlink to /proc/self/mounts [1].
7 >>
8 >> Are there any remaining concerns about doing this?
9 >>
10 >> If not, it seems like it would be pretty easy to make baselayout create
11 >> this symlink in the stages (I'm willing to do this work), but what about
12 >> on systems that are already installed? Should we send out a news item
13 >> and have everyone convert their /etc/mtab manually or find a way to
14 >> automate that?
15 >>
16 >> William
17 >>
18 >> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477498
19 >
20 > Is the issue with NFS user mounts resolved? (Mentioned
21 > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd#.2Fetc.2Fmtab and elsewhere)
22 >
23
24 Could someone using NFS actually test and see if there are any
25 problems? That comment on the wiki has no details, and Google has not
26 been very helpful in finding an answer.