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diff --git a/hurd/running/debian.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian.mdwn index 39c7d1a6..c52fbf75 100644 --- a/hurd/running/debian.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/debian.mdwn @@ -22,3 +22,76 @@ *Debian GNU/Hurd*, [[MichaelBanck]], LinuxTag 2004 Karlsruhe - [[Status]] - [Archive Qualification](http://wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification/hurd-i386) + + +# `/etc/mtab` -> `/proc/mounts` + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-12 + + <braunr> hm, there is something weird + <braunr> after successfully installing (with the new installer cd), and + rebooting, system init fails because fsck can't be run on /home (a + separate partition) + <braunr> it can't fsck because at that point, /home is already mounted, and + indeed the translator is running + <braunr> teythoon: any idea what might cause that ? + <teythoon> me ? + <teythoon> no + <braunr> ok + <braunr> ah no, actually /home isn't mounted oO + <braunr> but fsck still refuses to check it, stating that reason + <braunr> hm, /etc/mtab isn't a link to /proc/mounts here, might explain + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-12 + + <braunr> yes, better with a proper symlink :) + <teythoon> good + <youpi> Mmm, what is supposed to create that symlink? + <teythoon> one debian init script did that at one time + <teythoon> i believe they dropped that + <youpi> err, but something must be creating it for newer systems + <teythoon> good point + <braunr> well, except for these small details, everything went pretty + smooth + <braunr> both on ide and ahci + <youpi> it seems /etc/mtab gets created at boot + <youpi> (on Linux I mean) + <teythoon> youpi: i cannot find the init script, but i'm sure that it was + there + <youpi> I can't find it either on the installed system... + <azeem> maybe pere or rleigh in #debian-hurd can help + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-13 + + <braunr> 6<--60(pid1698)->dir_lookup ("var/run/mtab" 4194305 0) = 0 3 + "/run/mtab" (null) + <braunr> looks like /etc/mtab isn't actually used anymore + <teythoon> it never was on hurd + <tomodach1> braunr: well it is generated i believe from mounted filesystems + <tomodach1> if its still around there is a reason for it, like posix + compatiblity perhaps? + <braunr> well the problem is that, as mentioned in pere's thread on + bug-hurd, some tools now expect /var/run/mtab instead of /etc/mtab + <braunr> and since nothing currently creates this file, these tools, such + as df, are lost + <braunr> they can't find the info they're looking for + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-17 + + <braunr> i still don't have mtab at the proper location on darnassus + <pere> is there something missing with sysvinit on hurd? + <braunr> is that normal ? + <pere> yes. I recommended fixing it in the hurd package. (BTS #737759) + <braunr> yes i saw but was there any action taken ? + <pere> did not check + <teythoon> i thought youpi mentioned that it is fixed in the libc and we + just need to rebuild coreutils or something + <pere> yes + <braunr> oh ok + <braunr> but doesn't that mean it will use /etc/mtab ? + <pere> if I was a hurd porter, I would fix it in hurd while waiting for a + fix in coreutils, just to save people for wondering about the breakage, + but I am not the most patient of developers. :) |