From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:31061 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752122Ab3JaQvC (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:51:02 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:50:58 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: Phillip Susi Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bind mounts record fstype of none Message-ID: <20131031165058.GJ1536@x2.net.home> References: <527122AF.90003@ubuntu.com> <20131031105747.GB1536@x2.net.home> <527266B0.7040201@ubuntu.com> <20131031151001.GH1536@x2.net.home> <52727739.70301@ubuntu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <52727739.70301@ubuntu.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:28:57AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/31/2013 11:10 AM, Karel Zak wrote: > > There is *many disadvantages* when you use mtab, not sure if it > > make sense to fix the issues especially when mtab is currently > > unused by (almost) all distributions. > > > > Maybe we can keep the fstype and not replace it with "none" for > > mtab, but is it so important when we use "none" since 2009 and mtab > > is almost dead? > > I know there were a number of issues with this transition, have they > all been worked out at this point? Is all you need to do to make the > switch is replace /etc/mtab with a symlink to /proc/mounts? Maybe > I'll try doing that. Yes, the symlink and libmount based mount(8). We had some issues with df(1) but I guess all is resolved by recent coreutils. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com