From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:49840 "EHLO cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751536Ab3JaP27 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:28:59 -0400 Message-ID: <52727739.70301@ubuntu.com> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:28:57 -0400 From: Phillip Susi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karel Zak CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bind mounts record fstype of none References: <527122AF.90003@ubuntu.com> <20131031105747.GB1536@x2.net.home> <527266B0.7040201@ubuntu.com> <20131031151001.GH1536@x2.net.home> In-Reply-To: <20131031151001.GH1536@x2.net.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJScnc5AAoJEJrBOlT6nu75HBEH/i7nKpCaq7TkgArB0IgnmSqM fHkp1jMIltOxkfVDj8ma6hErYUJ+2g4abgKF8nrP39NWiFldrCBqTjOAr2kOl9wn jO40x9ur6SJQpVbSrmtHOam05J+P09N2SRXb/LAVIsUzTyIvw3kBFaGpl0ElJz8Q Jf3yTWr5gPyR14oAdOKdzkW70rktob2lRGM4DetChQd8H0LtfiaODtaBSbDyJMQ7 P8ErR42Isosf2+RBW+c/EC3biE82QsMcJjMP4eJ+A3uG8ZMlOTtDpthvMjQPY6+0 xCBz9Qd9yjvfgGTxnuV+AyX9Xa+mQNdS4/MtvyCwTF3TTKekhkYMK2CMSJ9gSdI= =OpPE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----