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Date:      Wed, 01 Nov 2000 18:28:15 -0500
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
To:        Yukihiro Nakai <nakai@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        sada@bsdclub.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/22310: Update port: x11-wm/icewm-i18n
Message-ID:  <3A00A70F.C2B5DABC@cup.hp.com>
References:  <200010291631.BAA23255@home.bsdclub.org> <39FCE142.C19F368E@cup.hp.com> <200010300906.SAA24240@ns.tokyo.redhat.com> <39FDA1A9.117AF201@cup.hp.com> <200011012254.HAA14917@ns.tokyo.redhat.com>

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Yukihiro Nakai wrote:
> 
> There is /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts files in Linux and they means
> what is mounted just now.

You're right. Looking in the mount(8) manpage on Linux:

\begin{quote}
       The programs mount and umount maintain a list of currently
       mounted  file  systems in the file /etc/mtab.  If no argu-
\end{quote}

> In FreeBSD, there doesn't seem to be such files.

Correct. mount will show all current mounts when invoked without
arguments (same as Linux, BTW).

Anyway: where does the below mention error come from? It's either rpm or
the installtion script, right?

> > > > > Looks ports/emulators/linux_base need /etc/mnttab on my 4.1.1 box.
> > > > > Is there anything to do with it ?
> > > > >
> > > > > # rpm -U --ignoreos --root /compat/linux --dbpath /var/lib/rpm  --nodeps --replacepkgs setup-2.
> > > > > 0.5-1.noarch.rpm
> > > > > failed to open /etc/mnttab: No such file or directory
> > > > > # touch /etc/mnttab
> > > > > # rpm -U --ignoreos --root /compat/linux --dbpath /var/lib/rpm  --nodeps --replacepkgs setup-2.
> > > > > 0.5-1.noarch.rpm
> > > > > <Looks OK>

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
  mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org
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