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To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
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Miles Bader wrote:
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> I think making /proc/{mount,mtab,...,whatever} work correctly is
> certainly the best thing to do.

I think we all agree on that. But then what is the correct way for
that to work? And is that possible? Should any of the fields be
written by userspace utilities, or is the kernel supposed to know
the right value for every field? What should be in the device
field in case of loopback and bind mounts?

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