[HEADS-UP] util-linux[-ng] and mtab

[Karel Zak]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 06:35:52PM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> 
>  I have pushed new util-linux into rawhide. The project has been
>  renamed from util-linux-ng back to util-linux.
> 
>  The util-linux v2.19-rc1 contains support for systems without
>  /etc/mtab (the file is replaced with symlink to /proc/mounts). 
>  This feature is enabled by default on Fedora (due to systemd).
> 
>  If your system depends on regular mtab then you can remove the
>  symlink -- mount(8) still supports old mtab too.

 Note, it's possible that NFS umount/remount will not work in some
 cases, because not all necessary mount options are in /proc/mounts.
 I hope this issue will be fixed before F15 release.

    Karel

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