Bug 186814 – proc no longer required in fstab yet handbook says it is

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org

[Description lethal.rocks 2007-07-27 16:25:43 UTC]

According to the above link (and on 3-5 other arch handbooks I tried), 
"proc        /proc        proc    nodev,nosuid,noexec  0 0"
is required in /etc/fstab, although apparently the kernel does the already:

<NeddySeagoon> petteyg, the kernel mounts /proc now, its not needed in /etc/fstab.  you must manually mount it inside the chroot for the install

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Follow link
2.Read fstab example

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2007-07-27 18:52:58 UTC]

The kernel doesn't auto-mount /proc, but /sbin/rc does. If you select it in fstab and set RC_USE_FSTAB in /etc/conf.d/rc then that mount is used. If you don't select it in fstab but RC_USE_FSTAB is still set, this will probably lead to failure. If you leave RC_USE_FSTAB unset, it is mounted by default.

[Comment 2 lethal.rocks 2007-07-27 19:00:13 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> The kernel doesn't auto-mount /proc, but /sbin/rc does. If you select it in
> fstab and set RC_USE_FSTAB in /etc/conf.d/rc then that mount is used. If you
> don't select it in fstab but RC_USE_FSTAB is still set, this will probably lead
> to failure. If you leave RC_USE_FSTAB unset, it is mounted by default.
> 

Perhaps the handbook should mention this then?

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2007-07-28 05:12:42 UTC]

i would remove any mention of:
/proc /sys /dev/shm /dev
from the handbook

if people want to delve into RC_USE_FSTAB, i think that's out of scope of the handbook

[Comment 4 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2007-08-01 18:17:07 UTC]

Okay, removed references from the current, not 2007.0 handbook though. It'll be gone for 2007.1.

[Comment 5 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-12-28 19:46:41 UTC]

*** Bug 203605 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***