GNU bug report logs - #15986
df in current coreutils shows the device for loop mounts, not the file

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Philipp Thomas <pth <at> suse.de>

Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:35:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 15986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: 15986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15986: df in current coreutils shows the device for loop
 mounts, not the file
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:01:09 -0700

Philipp Thomas wrote:
> * Linda Walsh (coreutils <at> tlinx.org) [20131129 07:40]:
> > I can think of 2 cases where the kernel displays the wrong information
> > concerning mounts.
> 
> The discuss this with the kernel maintainers! Coreutils is the wrong place
> for this discussion.

For this point I disagree.  Because coreutils often has to deal with
kernel (Linux and otherwise) problems.  There have been many
workarounds for kernel bugs in the userland code.  I might argue that
all of the glib overrides shouldn't exist in a perfect world.

Bob
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