Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:16:40 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Patch for /proc/mounts problems on 2.2.x |
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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.
-hpa
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