From: JimDiamond@jdvb.ca   
      
   On 2023-03-20 at 19:39 ADT, Lew Pitcher  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:09:58 -0300, Jim Diamond wrote:   
      
   >> On 2023-03-18 at 13:06 ADT, Lew Pitcher    
   wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:14:03 -0300, Jim Diamond wrote:   
      
   >>>> On 2023-03-15 at 01:19 ADT, Mike Spencer    
   wrote:   
      
   >>>>> Jim Diamond  writes:   
      
   >>>>>> A while back there was some discussion about whether /etc/mtab is (or   
   >>>>>> should be) a file or a link to /proc/mounts (or /proc/self/mounts).   
      
   >>>>>> So... please chime in...  What is /etc/mtab on your systems, upgraded   
   and   
   >>>>>> fresh installs?   
      
   >>>>> I think I was the OP on that.  Slackware 15 installed from bootable   
   >>>>> DVD created from d/l iso.  Came up with mtab as link to /proc/mounts.   
      
   >>>>> I often mount laptop or 2nd desktop on main box's fs, for backup or   
   >>>>> other purposes.  Annoyance that root has to umount them.   
      
   >>>>> Another poster remarked on having scripts to pre-identify how an   
   >>>>> upgrade would/might break his setup.  I've tried to avoid those   
   >>>>> worries with always a new install, then reconstructing (with much   
   >>>>> bother as my pleas for help here reflect) the numerous idiosyncrasies   
   >>>>> of my setup.   
      
   >>>> I was really hoping the guy who talked about his many systems (some clean   
   >>>> installs, some upgrades) would chime in.  But so far, no luck.   
      
   >>> That might be me?   
      
   >> Indeed it is.   
      
   >>> As I said before, bare metal installs I usually perform directly from   
   >>> bootable media (DVD or usb hard drive). Upgrades, I perform from from   
   >>> DVD or hard drive, with the assistance of a number of home-grown scripts.   
      
   >>    
      
   >> What you didn't address was the question I asked.  Let me restate, with a   
   >> bit more detail...   
      
   >> Since you seem to have multiple systems, some upgraded and some fresh   
   >> installs, is it the case that /etc/mtab is always a symlink on the fresh   
   >> install systems and always a file on systems upgraded from 14.2 ?   
      
   > As I don't (yet) have any systems running Slackware 15.0, I can't answer   
   > that question. However, all my 14.2 systems, both fresh install and upgrade   
   > have an /etc/mtab file, and not a symlink.   
      
   > Hope that helps   
      
   It does help, in the sense that I now know you don't have a large sample of   
   15.0 systems sitting there waiting to reveal their secrets.   
      
   Cheers.   
                                   Jim   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)