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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From: Philipp Thomas <pth <at> suse.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Cc: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Subject: df in current coreutils shows the device for loop mounts, not the file
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:34:02 +0100

Df in older coreutils showed the file of a loop mount whereas currently it
shows you the loop device. This is IMHO bogus as what good is that info?

Is this a deliberate change or a side effect of other changes? I searched
ChangeLog but didn't find anything relating to it (at least in my eyes).

Philipp
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 170 days ago.

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