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/etc/mtab -> /proc/mounts symlink affects df(1) output for /

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 10363 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#10363: df vs. long-named /dev/disk/by-uuid/... file system device names
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:26:18 +0100

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 01/03/2012 03:58 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>
>> +  df, with no non-option argument and recent enough kernel/tools, would
>> +  print a long UUID-including file system name, pushing second and subsequent
>> +  columns far to the right.  Now, when that long name refers to a symlink,
>> +  df prints the usually-short referent instead.
>
> I would change this:
>
> s/would print a long UUID-including file system name/
>   could print long UUID-including file system names/
>
> I usually try to make the first line of the NEWS entry a summary, like:
>
> df avoids long UUID-including file system names, in the default listing.
> On recent enough kernel/tools, these long names can be used, pushing second
> and subsequent columns far to the right.  Now, when a long name refers
> to a symlink, and no file systems are specified, df prints the
> usually-short referent instead.

Thanks.  I prefer your wording, too.
Will adjust.

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