From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 18 17:27:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33453106564A for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:27:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9EB68FC1B for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pAIHRDxS009530 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:27:14 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.1 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk pAIHRDxS009530 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1321637234; bh=cyb6qbgjJPg4+APOe4dwcn8KyRid+WGrBnClRkzEWsY=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc; b=nEKKMa+TegUjJA7P22YaOPPQVJZbAwuy1B4aloa1jaC69CquCD/WYu8Te33IH+hCd XuB3G00KdANBRdVug98rWdt0DW43vMYueaZZD9Z5f1SnH7SMDAQEZN4BUT3GleJtT0 1xolh4PYFcy1I0NkBD6G/p0GYkT+k/FHohR5BB4E= Message-ID: <4EC69566.5060501@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:27:02 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <99414592-7FC7-4F24-8FEA-6F2F7B03551A@strauser.com> <6de19086dd1301d00679b0e51ca10a5b.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.3 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigEF6989F2670C4EAC106E5811" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: Shouldn't GNU tar be ignoring /proc with --one-file-system? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:27:20 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEF6989F2670C4EAC106E5811 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18/11/2011 17:18, Michael Sierchio wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Daniel Staal wrote: >=20 >> > /proc is a file on /. /proc/* are files on /proc. The former is st= ill on >> > the root filesystem (if only as a directory stub to be used as a >> > mountpoint), so reading it isn't leaving that filesystem. Reading >> > anything *in* it would be. >> > >> > Just a thought. > And a good one. Yes, that's it. It isn't crossing the mount point, > but the mount point is part of the root filesystem. I find it quite astonishing that /proc would deliberately behave differently to *every other* filesystem available. The mountpoint should belong to the filesystem mounted on it. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigEF6989F2670C4EAC106E5811 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7GlXAACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzNrACfWc9HbQnQkIlBe6quIouWDf03 pUYAnj3G7TyCfif1KpJaH6ePodOQiikM =bTH6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigEF6989F2670C4EAC106E5811--