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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: converting /etc/mtab to a symlink
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 21:13:58
Message-Id: CAEdQ38GdG0HAZq_tqXTS3N++GdYUCC6n2HEUw++_YzGwDsbeQA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] rfc: converting /etc/mtab to a symlink by William Hubbs
1 On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:32 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
2 > All,
3 >
4 > from what I'm seeing, we should look into converting /etc/mtab to a
5 > symlink to /proc/self/mounts [1].
6 >
7 > Are there any remaining concerns about doing this?
8 >
9 > If not, it seems like it would be pretty easy to make baselayout create
10 > this symlink in the stages (I'm willing to do this work), but what about
11 > on systems that are already installed? Should we send out a news item
12 > and have everyone convert their /etc/mtab manually or find a way to
13 > automate that?
14 >
15 > William
16 >
17 > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=477498
18
19 Is the issue with NFS user mounts resolved? (Mentioned
20 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Systemd#.2Fetc.2Fmtab and elsewhere)

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