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Deprecate the mtab service script

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The mtab service script is no longer needed on modern Linux systems, so
we can remove it in 1.0. However, we need to set a deprecation notice
first.
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William Hubbs 2014-08-14 13:50:48 -05:00
parent c8018d04a7
commit 1b26d547a5
2 changed files with 18 additions and 3 deletions
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FEATURE-REMOVAL-SCHEDULE
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@ -59,3 +59,14 @@ Why: Depprecated in favor of executable scripts in @SYSCONFDIR@/local.d
Who:
---------------------------
What: the mtab service script
When: 1.0
Why: /etc/mtab should be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts on modern
Linux systems
Who:
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init.d/mtab.in
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@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ depend()
start()
{
if [ -L /etc/mtab ]
then
einfo "Skipping mtab update (mtab is a symbolic link)"
if [ -L /etc/mtab ]; then
return 0
fi
ewarn "Please run the following command as root on your system."
ewarn
ewarn "ln -snf /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab"
ewarn
ewarn "The support for updating /etc/mtab as a file is"
ewarn "deprecated and will be removed in the future."
ebegin "Updating /etc/mtab"
if ! echo 2>/dev/null >/etc/mtab; then
ewend 1 "/etc/mtab is not updateable"