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| -rw-r--r-- | FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init.d/mtab.in | 10 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE b/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE index 682bed88..2c05a3ee 100644 --- a/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE +++ b/FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE @@ -59,3 +59,14 @@ Why: Depprecated in favor of executable scripts in @SYSCONFDIR@/local.d Who: --------------------------- + +What: the mtab service script + +When: 1.0 + +Why: /etc/mtab should be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts on modern + Linux systems + +Who: + +--------------------------- diff --git a/init.d/mtab.in b/init.d/mtab.in index 8e5bc2fb..0cd73696 100644 --- a/init.d/mtab.in +++ b/init.d/mtab.in @@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ depend() start() { - if [ -L /etc/mtab ] - then - einfo "Skipping mtab update (mtab is a symbolic link)" + if [ -L /etc/mtab ]; then return 0 fi + ewarn "Please run the following command as root on your system." + ewarn + ewarn "ln -snf /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab" + ewarn + ewarn "The support for updating /etc/mtab as a file is" + ewarn "deprecated and will be removed in the future." ebegin "Updating /etc/mtab" if ! echo 2>/dev/null >/etc/mtab; then ewend 1 "/etc/mtab is not updateable" |