I've removed `rm -f /etc/mtab' from startup script
and took newest version of mount which explicitly check
if /etc/mtab is a link to /proc/mounts.
>
> > Unfortunately, the change break most utilities dealing with /etc/mtab.
> > The quick observation shows that getmntent() is a culprit.
> > I see no solution to make /proc/mounts reliable and to not break
> > many system utilities at the same time.
>
> What about fixing glibc.
It's a subtle problem. It would be easy to make a fix but I suspect
it would be very hard to argue about accepting the fix in the main
glibc distribution.
Best wishes
Andrey V.
Savochkin
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