Bug 701735 - nilfs_cleanerd doesn't get started because /etc/mtab is now a symlink
Summary: nilfs_cleanerd doesn't get started because /etc/mtab is now a symlink
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nilfs-utils
Version: 15
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Eric Sandeen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-03 17:22 UTC by Robin Green
Modified: 2011-09-12 21:25 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-09-12 21:25:46 UTC
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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.
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