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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:43:17 +0100
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To: Torrey Hoffman <torrey.hoffman@myrio.com>,
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Subject: Re: on /etc/mtab vs. /proc/mounts
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:05:55PM -0800, Torrey Hoffman wrote:

> In fact, the "mount" man page on my Mandrake 7.2 system says:
> 
> "It is possible to replace /etc/mtab by a symbolic link to 
> /proc/mounts..."  and then goes on to describe some of the issues and
> problems with doing so - loopback, and paths with spaces seem to
> be the significant ones.

The spaces part was fixed in patch-2.4.0-test7.

Today there is a different flaw again:
After "mount --bind somedir mountpoint" there is no
indication of somedir in /proc/mounts.

Andries
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