Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:49:21 +0200 | From | ralf@uni-kobl ... | Subject | Re: mount(2) bug found |
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On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:46:54PM +1200, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> IMO /proc/mounts is not meant for lusers to twiddle with, but more for > admins. and system tools, as it can be kernel version dependant. Nor it it > portable. > > If df uses /proc/mounts, IMO, _it_ is broken. > > This all depends on what is considered to be the right smeantics for > /proc/mounts, and IMO, df doesn't come into the equation.
Given the number of times I already had ``fun'' due to /etc/mtab being out of sync with reality I'll really apreaciate a /proc/mtab which does the right thing and a set of tools based on it or some other mechanism that supplies correct data.
Think about using mount in a chroot'ed environment as Rik is doing or the case of a read only root filesystem - keeping all copies of /etc/mtab in sync is just not possible, even if that should be part of your equation.
Ralf
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