The default /etc/fstab should match the instructions and suggested disk layout in the gentoo handbook. This would reduce confusion of users editing /etc/fstab. Not to mention the people who forgot to edit /etc/fstab and end up trying to mount /dev/ROOT with xfs. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
already been fixed in cvs / baselayout-1.11.x