Re: Get rid of /etc/mtab ?

To: Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>
Cc: Marc Wilson <msw@cox.net>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Get rid of /etc/mtab ?
From: Marc Wilson <msw@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:23:11 -0700
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Mail-followup-to: Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>, Marc Wilson <msw@cox.net>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
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On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:17:43PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> Whats wrong with linking /proc/mounts to /etc/mtab?
> 
> Only problem is with loopback since umount won't free the loopback
> device. But that could be fixed with a kernel change.

This is an old discussion, but we shouldn't be expecting:

        1) kernel developers to make changes just for us
        2) users to have to run OUR kernel (if WE change it)

It all sounds like a change just to be making changes.

-- 
Marc Wilson
msw@cox.net


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