Question regarding gcc testsuite , proc , devpts

tuxfood · 12-02-2004, 11:46 AM

hi..

Why is it that the binutils and gcc testsuite need proc & devpts file system for working.. one time i accidently forgot to mount them and the test suite ran into total failure..

Another question

we mount proc by issuing the command

mount proc /proc -t proc

i understand the /proc refers to the directory we made in / and the -t proc refers to the proc filesystem type .. what abt the first proc??

llly for devpts

tvburger · 12-03-2004, 04:06 AM

mount bla /proc -t proc will work also...

The output of mount will then be:
bla on /proc type proc (rw)

else it would be

proc on /proc type proc (rw)

Since it hasn't got a real device (what is mentioned first). So better would be to do:
mount none /proc -t proc (in my opinion).