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

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Message #62 received at 10363 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh <at> debian.org>
Cc: Alan Curry <pacman-cu <at> kosh.dhis.org>,
	Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b <at> web.de>, 653073 <at> bugs.debian.org,
	debian-devel <at> lists.debian.org, 10363 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	jidanni <at> jidanni.org, rleigh <at> codelibre.net
Subject: Re: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#653073: bug#10363: /etc/mtab ->
	/proc/mounts symlink affects df(1) output for
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:48:37 -0800

On 01/19/12 07:29, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Note: there is no reason why the kernel could not return the mount
> information with shadowed paths removed in a separate procfs node, as
> that would cause no security/troubleshooting problems.

That's what I was thinking of, and it'd be a much better fix,
as it would fix things for all applications.

The current approach expects all app developers to modify
their applications in order to deal with a feature that app
developers typically don't know about and don't understand;
this isn't a good way to introduce a new feature.

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