openrc/init.d/mtab.in

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description="Update /etc/mtab to match what the kernel knows about"

depend()
{
	need root
	keyword -prefix -systemd-nspawn
}

start()
{
	local rc=0
	ebegin "Updating /etc/mtab"
	if ! checkpath -W /etc; then
		rc=1
	elif ! yesno ${mtab_is_file:-no}; then
		[ ! -L /etc/mtab ] && [ -f /etc/mtab ] &&
			ewarn "Removing /etc/mtab file"
		einfo "Creating mtab symbolic link"
		ln -snf /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab
	else
		[ -L /etc/mtab ] && ewarn "Removing /etc/mtab symbolic link"
		rm -f /etc/mtab
		einfo "Creating mtab file"
		# With / as tmpfs we cannot umount -at tmpfs in localmount as that
		# makes / readonly and dismounts all tmpfs even if in use which is
		# not good. Luckily, umount uses /etc/mtab instead of /proc/mounts
		# which allows this hack to work.
		grep -v "^[! ]* / tmpfs " /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab

		# Remove stale backups
		rm -f /etc/mtab~ /etc/mtab~~
	fi
	eend $rc "/etc is not writable; unable to create /etc/mtab"
	return 0
}