On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:31:12PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:32:44AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:17:18PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> > >
> > > My plan is to support systems without /etc/mtab and use
> > > /proc/self/mountinfo in util-linux-ng 2.{17,18} (September/October
> > > 2009 or so...).
> >
> > Cool. Just to clarify: at this point, barring any unforseen bugs,
> > we can delete /etc/mtab and running with just /proc will be a
> > valid supported configuration?
>
> Yes, mtab is Bad Thing.
>
> > What will the minimum supported kernel version for such a configuration
> > be (with mountinfo)?
>
> kernel 2.6.26
Hi Karel,
I know this mail was from quite some time ago, but I've not been able
to push this change in Debian for a while due to our freeze. As soon
as we're released, hopefully in a month or so, removing mtab will be
on my TODO list again.
I just wanted to check with you which versions of util-linux-ng would
work correctly with /etc/mtab removed, since they hadn't been released
when we last wrote. I didn't see anything in the 2.17/2.18 release
notes, but did in 2.19, albeit with the libmount support, marked
experimental.
If 2.19 is required, I'd be interested to know how experimental libmount
support is. i.e. are there any known regressions or failing use cases
which we should be aware of, or any other reasons not to enable it at
this point?
Upgrades should be smooth given that we have 2.6.26 in stable as well.
Have you removed mtab in Fedora/RedHat yet?
Many thanks,
Roger
(I'm not subscribed to the util-linux-ng list, so a CC on any reply
would be appreciated, thanks!)
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