libmount supports three scenarios:
1) regular classic /etc/mtab
2) /etc/mtab symlink to /proc/self/mount -- in this case libmount uses
/proc/self/mountinfo and /run/mount/utab
The current default is to detect symlink and on-the-fly switch
between 1) and 2).
3) --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo -- don't care about the symlink and
always use /proc/self/mountinfo. This is robust solution required
for example by systemd, because unfortunately sometimes people use
broken stuff (init scripts, tools, etc.) which removes the symlink.
I'd like to make 3) default, the question is what with mtab code:
a) #ifdef all mtab code (and add --enable-libmount-support-mtab)
b) remove mtab support at all (because it's evil and horrible code)
Comments?
Karel
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http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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