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

[Ian Kent]

On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 18:35 +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.

Once again I say, what about mount entries that should not be reported
against by utilities that look at the mount table?

I can tell you from experience with old versions of AIX that without
something in the mount table to allow utilities to ignore mount entries
when appropriate, as is done in Solaris, these utilities is just about
unusable.

Ian