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authorBernhard Voelker <mail@bernhard-voelker.de>2012-08-14 09:22:13 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-08-14 11:34:54 +0200
commit46afefaaa8ea95b5eb63a62792774cd18738234a (patch)
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parenta07dfa9064bf80b4ceea7048c3104495797a6668 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-46afefaaa8ea95b5eb63a62792774cd18738234a.tar.xz
df: fail when the mount list is required but cannot be read
* src/df.c (main): Add conditions to fail when the mount list cannot be read: this includes the cases when a file name argument is given and any of -a, -l, -t or -x is used. * doc/coreutils.texi: Document the additional error conditions. * tests/df/no-mtab-status: Add a new test. * tests/Makefile.am: Reference the new test. * NEWS: Mention the fix.
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@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+ df now fails when the list of mounted file systems (/etc/mtab) cannot
+ be read, yet the file system type information is needed to process
+ certain options like -a, -l, -t and -x.
+ [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.18 (2012-08-12) [stable]