Description of Problem: Should not _PATH_MNTTAB in paths.h be "/etc/mtab"? It is currently set to "/etc/fstab". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): glibc-devel-2.2.4-19 How Reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. look in /usr/include/paths.h Actual Results: _PATH_MNTTAB is #defined as "/etc/fstab" Expected Results: _PATH_MNTTAB #defined as "/etc/mtab" Additional Information: the libc docs in info also seem to say that _PATH_MNTTAB should be defined in 'mntent.h' but that doesn't seem to be the case. <info snippet> ... The filenames given above should never be used directly. The portable way to handle these file is to use the macros `_PATH_FSTAB', defined in `fstab.h' and `_PATH_MNTTAB', defined in `mntent.h', respectively. There are also two alternate macro names `FSTAB' and `_PATH_MOUNTED' defined but both names are deprecated and kept only for backward compatibility. The two former names should always be used. ... </info snippet>
Created attachment 37382 [details] define _PATH_MNTTAB to "/etc/mtab"
No. What you want is _PATH_MOUNTED. There is no arguing about this, what we use are the tradional names and they have to stay. Even if some people find them counter-intuitive at times.