how come "df" can't handle the initrd root filesystem?

[Rob Landley]

On Tuesday 22 August 2006 7:58 am, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, walter harms wrote:
> 
> > maybe this is related to the 'no putput from df' thread ?
> 
> argh.  that's what i get from being away too long.

I have a fix pending, I've just spent the past few days doing timesys dayjob 
things, reading lash code and trying to put together a bbsh prototype, and 
taking a day off for my fiancee's birthday.  (We went to Ikea.  Ikea is 
tiring.)

The correct fix is for df to look at the last mounted instance of each 
filesystem, no matter what it is.  So don't filter out "rootfs" specially, 
instead just filter out any filesystem that is eclipsed by a later mount.

I'm stealing the mtab_list code from umount to do this (moving it to bbsh).  
Just a touch overscheduled the past couple weeks. :)

I _really_ need to get the tuesday/thursday telecommuting thing back so I have 
dedicated blocks of time set aside to keep up with this stuff, but this week 
there's a rush job at work that I need to get finished before bringing up 
telecommuting arrangements...

Rob

(P.S.  There are a number of things lash just doesn't do right.  Most 
obviously, wildcard expansion and spaces don't mix well.  And the way quotes 
are handled is...  Um...  Ouch.)
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