Created attachment 411438 [details, diff] Patch to make deprecation message more accurate The deprecation message is highly misleading to those who understand who /etc/mtab is implemented. /etc/mtab is from UNIX System V where the RC scripts reset it during early boot and mount/umount manage the addition/removal of entries by calling into libc for addition and sometimes calling into libc for removal depending on the platform. To anyone who knows this, the message suggests that sys-libs/glibc and sys-apps/util-linux are going to drop support for /etc/mtab as a file, which is untrue. I have attached a patch that more accurately reflects things.
The patch spells 'deprecated' and 'migrate' incorrectly.
Comment on attachment 411438 [details, diff] Patch to make deprecation message more accurate I have revised the patch to fix the spelling mistakes that Greg pointed out and to be consistent with a conversation that I had with William Hubbs yesterday.
Created attachment 414008 [details, diff] New patch to make deprecation message more accurate I somehow failed to attach the new patch.
The logic in the mtab script was reworked so that it favors /etc/mtab as a symlink but updates the mtab file if it still exists. This is commit 6fa0d63.
