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On 14 October 2013 03:32, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> All, |
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> from what I'm seeing, we should look into converting /etc/mtab to a |
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> symlink to /proc/self/mounts [1]. |
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> Are there any remaining concerns about doing this? |
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> If not, it seems like it would be pretty easy to make baselayout create |
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> this symlink in the stages (I'm willing to do this work), but what about |
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> on systems that are already installed? Should we send out a news item |
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> and have everyone convert their /etc/mtab manually or find a way to |
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> automate that? |
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> William |
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> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477498 |
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I don't see a compelling case being made for why we should make this |
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change apart from "all the other distros are doing it", and quite a |
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few reasons why we shouldn't. I'm open to being convinced, so please |
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tell me why this is good for Gentoo users. |
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Cheers, |
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Ben | yngwin |
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Gentoo developer |
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