From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: bug#19491: /etc/mtab give wrong entries for early-mounted items.
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 19:57:40 +0100
Message-ID: <87egrbbskb.fsf@gnu.org>
References: <877fx5crcz.fsf@gmail.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Return-path: <bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49257)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1Y7Tto-00086l-1z
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2015 13:58:08 -0500
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1Y7Ttj-0008RJ-3e
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2015 13:58:08 -0500
Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54689)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1Y7Ttj-0008Qa-0r
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2015 13:58:03 -0500
Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80)
	(envelope-from <Debian-debbugs@debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1Y7Tti-0004xd-HV
	for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2015 13:58:02 -0500
Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <handler.19491.B19491.142031146119037@debbugs.gnu.org>
In-Reply-To: <877fx5crcz.fsf@gmail.com>
	("=?UTF-8?Q?=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6?="'s
	message of "Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:13:48 +0800")
List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/bug-guix>,
	<mailto:bug-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix>
List-Post: <mailto:bug-guix@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:bug-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix>,
	<mailto:bug-guix-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6?= <iyzsong@gmail.com>
Cc: 19491@debbugs.gnu.org

=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6 <iyzsong@gmail.com> skribis:

> Notably, I have:
>   /dev/sda1 /root ext4 rw,relatime,data=3Dordered 0 0
>   none /root//dev devtmpfs rw 0 0
>
> Which should be:
>   /dev/sda1 / ...
>   none /dev ...
>
> Why not make /etc/mtab a symlink to /proc/self/mounts?

This sounds appealing, but it seems that libmount in util-linux will
insist to update /etc/mtab.

Do you have evidence that it could cope with it?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.