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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] config file '/etc/mtab' needs updating
From:       Peter Humphrey <peter () prh ! myzen ! co ! uk>
Date:       2023-04-11 11:15:56
Message-ID: 12212464.O9o76ZdvQC () wstn
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On Tuesday, 11 April 2023 12:03:57 BST Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> On Tuesday, 2023-04-11 11:19:31 +0100, you wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 11 April 2023 06:44:03 BST thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> > > After update I get:
> > > * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/mtab' needs updating.
> > > ...
> > 
> > /etc/mtab should be a symlink to /proc/self/mounts, so it ought to be kept
> > up to date by the kernel as required.
> 
> If I remember correctly,  recently the symlink target was subtly changed
> from "/proc/self/mounts" to "../proc/self/mounts",  thus unconditionally
> referring to a target on the same volume.

Yes, I saw that, but is it even possible for /etc and /proc to be on different 
volumes? I thought not, but I'm always happy to be corrected.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.




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