Re: Get rid of /etc/mtab ?
Previously Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> > * Not everymount mounts /proc
>
> They don't have to use the link
Then what's the point of this whole discussion?
> > * /proc is not mounted early in the boot sequence
>
> Doesn't seem to hurt anything. Also one can provide a /proc/mtab file
> on / for mount (and others) to fall back to until /proc is mounted.
I doubt having /etc/mtab suddenly change in the middle of the both
sequence when /proc is mounted is very helpful.
> > * not all mount options are listed in /proc/mounts
>
> Which options are missing and where does that matter?
See other posts. And it definitely matters (loopback devices aren't
cleaned up for example)
> > * Using /proc/mounts in a chroot means leaking lots of information about
> > the host system into the chroot (the info is there anyway via /proc
> > but with different paths which don't exist in the chroot. Also chroots
> > don't always have /proc mounted but may very well mount other things)
>
> Again, use /etc/mtab in a chroot.
How would debootstrap know when to use a symlink and when not to?
Wichert.
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