Bug 701735

Summary:	nilfs_cleanerd doesn't get started because /etc/mtab is now a symlink
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robin Green <greenrd>
Component:	nilfs-utils	Assignee:	Eric Sandeen <esandeen>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Robin Green 2011-05-03 17:22:14 UTC

# mount -t nilfs2 /dev/nbd1 /media/fedora/src
mount.nilfs2: cannot modify /etc/mtab.
Please remount the partition with -f option after making /etc/mtab writable.
nilfs_cleanerd not started

But /etc/mtab is now a symlink, which just exists for the benefit of legacy code which expects to be able to read it.

Comment 1 Eric Sandeen 2011-05-03 21:14:18 UTC

wow, somebody uses nilfs?  :)

Can you try nilfs-utils from rawhide just in case it's been fixed?  2.0.23 is actually building right now.

TBH I package nilfs-utils and that's about it. If you use it, asking about this upstream would be fantastic.  Feel free to cc: me and I'll happily pull back any patches that appear.

Comment 2 Eric Sandeen 2011-05-24 15:24:31 UTC

Please see comment #1

Comment 3 Eric Sandeen 2011-09-12 21:25:46 UTC

This will need to be resolved upstream.