On 2011-12-27 09:48:27 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Kusanagi Kouichi]
> > /proc/mounts is symlink to /proc/self/mounts. So there is no need to
> > replace /etc/mtab if it is symlink to /proc/self/mounts.
> 
> There is also, as far as I know, no reason to _not_ change it, given
> that both give the same result.  There is a reason to change it, and
> that is to make Debian installations more consistent to avoid
> surprises.
> 
> Why should we _not_ change the /etc/mtab symlink from
> /proc/self/mounts to /proc/mounts?
> -- 
> Petter Reinholdtsen

If /etc/mtab must be a symlink to /proc/mounts and an admin must not
change it, shouldn't policy state about that?
Anyway, I'm ok with wontfix.



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