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prthorsenjr

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From: Charlottesville, Va

Registered: 2011-07-06

Posts: 14

[SOLVED] filesystem 2011.08-1 upgrade today and /etc/fstab.pacnew

Howdy,

One of the packages that got upgraded today was:  filesystem 2011.08-1.  I saw that it created an /etc/fstab.pacnew.
No problem.  I was going to fold in what was created in the /etc/fstab.pacnew file into my /etc/fstab file.  Again, no problem.
However, I noticed that I already had something similar to what was new in the /etc/fstab.pacnew file.  Here is my current
/etc/fstab file:

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
devpts                        /dev/pts      devpts     defaults                 0              0
shm                            /dev/shm    tmpfs      nodev,nosuid         0              0
tmpfs                         /tmp            tmpfs      nodev,nosuid         0              0
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol02 /home ext4 defaults 0 1
UUID=ad91fc6a-8740-452d-a2e2-740bd80275c0 /boot ext4 defaults 0 1

The new line added to the /etc/fstab file is:

tmpfs                         /tmp            tmpfs      nodev,nosuid         0              0

My question is do I need both of these?  Are they pointing to the same thing or
did one get renamed hence the /etc/fstab.pacnew file and line within that file?
Or do I delete the shm line and just keep the tmpfs line?

shm                            /dev/shm    tmpfs      nodev,nosuid         0              0
tmpfs                         /tmp            tmpfs      nodev,nosuid         0              0

Thanks,

Pete

Last edited by prthorsenjr (2011-08-16 13:42:45)

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Wey

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Registered: 2011-04-22

Posts: 217

Re: [SOLVED] filesystem 2011.08-1 upgrade today and /etc/fstab.pacnew

Hello prthorsenjr,
have a look at http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 21264.html and http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 21265.html.

prthorsenjr

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From: Charlottesville, Va

Registered: 2011-07-06

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] filesystem 2011.08-1 upgrade today and /etc/fstab.pacnew

Wey,

Thanks so much for the prompt reply.  That was exactly the information that I was looking for.
I've edited out the entries for devpts and shm and added the appropriate entry for tmpfs.

Thanks again for the help,

Pete

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Re: [SOLVED] filesystem 2011.08-1 upgrade today and /etc/fstab.pacnew

please mark as [SOLVED]

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