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From: Don Seiler <rizzo@g.o>
To: Gentoo Devt <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 19:51:46
Message-Id: 20040204195118.GA818@linguo.lan.seiler.us
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab by purslow@sympatico.ca
1 Interactively merge the two and you should be all set.
2
3 Don.
4
5 On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 02:48:25PM -0500, purslow@×××××××××.ca wrote:
6 > recently, i re-emerged 'baselayout',
7 > which caused a set of candidates to be created for 'etc-update'.
8 > most were innocuous or easily understood,
9 > but one was for /etc/fstab , which seems both dangerous & unjustified.
10 >
11 > my existing /etc/fstab is (omitting comment lines):
12 >
13 > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
14 > /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
15 > /dev/hda3 / reiserfs notail,noatime 1 1
16 > /dev/hda5 /usr/local reiserfs notail,noatime 1 2
17 > /dev/hda6 /home reiserfs notail,noatime 1 2
18 > /dev/hda7 /ya reiserfs notail,noatime 1 2
19 > /dev/hda8 /yb reiserfs noauto,notail,noatime 1 2
20 > /dev/hda9 /z reiserfs notail,noatime 1 2
21 > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
22 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
23 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
24 >
25 > the new one created by 'baselayout' ( ._cfg0000_fstab ) is :
26 >
27 > /dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1
28 > /dev/ROOT / xfs noatime 0 0
29 > /dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0
30 > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
31 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
32 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
33 >
34 > NB esp that / is shown as 'xfs' a/a the correct 'reiserfs'.
35 >
36 > why does 'baselayout' want to rewrite /etc/fstab at all ?
37 > why does it want to misidentify the type of file system ?
38 >
39 > this looks like something which deserves attention & possible remedy.
40 >
41 > --
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45 > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto
46 >
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51 "I told all four that there were going to be some times where we don't agree
52 with each other. But that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck
53 of a lot easier -- just as long as I'm the dictator."
54
55 George W. Bush
56 December 18, 2000
57 Comment made during first trip to Washington, D.C. after winning the
58 presidency.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout redefines /etc/fstab Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>