[pacman-dev] mtab required to install packages; intended behaviour?

[VMiklos]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:01:33PM +0100, Alex <kth5 at archlinuxppc.org> wrote:
> space left. Come to think of it, `df -h` doesn't really say anything cos 
> of missing mtab. Is this intended?

yes, getmntent() is used to determine if there is enough free space
available before downloading any package. from the manage of
getmntent(): 

DESCRIPTION
       These routines are used to access the file system description file /etc/fstab and the mounted file  sys-
       tem description file /etc/mtab.

so i think so :)

udv / greetings,
VMiklos

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