On Thursday 07 April 2016, Karel Zak wrote: > 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 What about this first step: >From e6c17f35a8d63f129c5bbd722995b97d050e4151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ruediger Meier <ruediger.meier@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:33:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] libmount: deprecate /etc/mtab file Default is now --enable-libmount-force-mountinfo. Signed-off-by: Ruediger Meier <ruediger.meier@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- configure.ac | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 31a1911..e4e6996 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -958,8 +958,8 @@ AC_SUBST([LIBMOUNT_VERSION_INFO]) AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LIBMOUNT_VERSION], ["$LIBMOUNT_VERSION"], [libmount version string]) AC_ARG_ENABLE([libmount-force-mountinfo], - AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-libmount-force-mountinfo], [ignore /etc/mtab in all situations (recommended for systemd)]), - [], [enable_libmount_force_mountinfo=no] + AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-libmount-force-mountinfo], [use deprecated /etc/mtab file (not recommended and incompatible with openrc or systemd)]), + [], [enable_libmount_force_mountinfo=yes] ) AS_IF([test "x$enable_libmount_force_mountinfo" == xyes], [ -- 1.8.4.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
