From 85e7f3ce1d59872b3ea26b3f4332b934fc1af2af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 21:25:54 +0000
Subject: Change /etc/mtab to be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10274 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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 chapter06/createfiles.xml | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'chapter06/createfiles.xml')

diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
index 7f32e89b6..5139dce0f 100644
--- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
@@ -46,13 +46,14 @@ ln -sv /tools/lib/libstdc++.so{,.6} /usr/lib
 sed 's/tools/usr/' /tools/lib/libstdc++.la > /usr/lib/libstdc++.la
 ln -sv bash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>
 
-  <para>A proper Linux system maintains a list of the mounted file systems in
-  the file <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>.  Normally, this file would be
-  created when we mount a new file system. Since we will not be mounting any
-  file systems inside our chroot environment, create an empty file for
-  utilities that expect the presence of <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput></screen>
+  <para>Historically, Linux maintains a list of the mounted file systems in the
+  file <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>.  Modern kernels maintain this list
+  internally and exposes it to the user via the <filename
+  class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem.  To satisfy utilities that
+  expect the presence of <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>, create the following
+  symbolic link:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>ln -sv /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>In order for user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to be
   able to login and for the name <quote>root</quote> to be recognized, there
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