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Re: What to do about /etc/debian_version



Joey Hess wrote:
> I think /etc/mtab is on its way out. A 2.4.x kernel with devfs has a
> /proc/mounts that actually has a proper line for the root filesystem.
> Linking the two files would probably actually work on such a system
> without breakage.

Does 2.4 now also include the information on which loop devices are
related to which filesystems? AFAIK that's the only thing that went 
strange after linking /proc/mounts and /etc/mtab; loop devices not being
freed after unmounting.

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