Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:36:21 -0600 | From | Erik Andersen <> | Subject | Re: Patch for /proc/mounts problems on 2.2.x |
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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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