Re: Patch for /proc/mounts problems on 2.2.x

From: Erik Andersen (andersen@codepoet.org)
Date: Wed Oct 25 2000 - 14:36:21 EST

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On Wed Oct 25, 2000 at 12:16:40PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Erik Andersen wrote:
> >
> > On Wed Oct 25, 2000 at 11:43:02AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > >
> > > There is another good reason to ditch /etc/mtab: as a static file, it
> >
> > And it is supposed to be writable though it lives in /etc. It should live
> > in /var. Has the LSB ever gotten around to addressing this wart?
> > This is a pita for embedded systems...
> >
>
> /var doesn't work either, because it may not be available at boot.

Another good reason for fixing /proc/mounts or using /dev/mounts...

-Erik

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