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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    [gentoo-user] Re: config file '/etc/mtab' needs updating
From:       Nikos Chantziaras <realnc () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-04-11 12:33:03
Message-ID: u13k1v$ml$2 () ciao ! gmane ! io
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On 11/04/2023 13:38, Dale wrote:
> I saw this the other day as well.  I just skipped it.  Still, it made me
> wonder, given what it does and what should update the file, why should
> emerge touch that file?

Because the file belongs to the sys-apps/baselayout package.


> It's like fstab.  I doubt I'd ever let any
> config update touch fstab.  I don't think I'd ever try to touch mtab
> myself.

fstab is a config file. mtab is not ;-) It doesn't even belong in /etc, 
but it's kept there for backwards compatibility.


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