[pacman-dev] /etc/fstab rewritten by pacman!

[Andrew Fyfe]

Roman Kyrylych wrote:
> Few hours ago I did an update on my server via ssh.
> First I updated pacman from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, then did -Su.
> One of packages was filesystem-0.8-2.
> I don't have etc/fstab in NoUpgrade since 2.9.8.
> Then some idiot rebooted server before I checked .pacnew files etc.
> One of my coworker called my by cellphone (I also noticed PuTTY became
> inactive).
> When I get to my second job (where server is located) - I saw that
> /etc/fstab is rewritten with package's default, though pacman also
> created fstab.pacnew.
> Any ideas why did this happen?
> 
On a side note should filesystem be added to HoldPkg in pacman.conf? I'm 
not sure I we really want to upgrade filesystem after it's initial install.

Andrew