Re: [gentoo-dev] news item: OpenRC 0.18 changes to localmount and netmount

[William Hubbs]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:13:09AM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
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> On 29/09/15 11:10 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
> > On 29/09/15 10:52 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> On 29/09/2015 16:29, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
> >>> On 28/09/15 06:58 PM, William Hubbs wrote:
> >>>> Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for
> >>>> mount/umount -a. This is being dropped because it is
> >>>> util-linux specific and not compatible with busybox.
> >>>
> >>> Does this have any actual end-user impact?  AFAIK, using the
> >>> -O switch was 'just added' by us originally (i think to
> >>> reduce the explicit listing of the different fs types or
> >>> otherwise simplify the init script code) right?  I'm just
> >>> wondering if this paragraph is actually necessary or not..
> >
> >> As a user, that para in the news makes me ask "how does this
> >> affect me?". I have to go read man pages and init scripts to
> >> find out.
> >
> >> Perhaps this:
> >
> >> Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for
> >> mount/umount -a, because it is util-linux specific and not
> >> compatible with busybox. This only affects mounts with
> >> "_netdev" listed under options in /etc/fstab. Such systems
> >> should use "noauto" and/or "nofail" as described above.
> >
> >
> > Exactly my thoughts.  We used -O _netdev within the 'netmount'
> > script to identify which fstab entries are network mounts.  But
> > we did it a different way prior to using -O _netdev.  And since
> > this isn't actually related in any way to something end-users can
> > set in fstab (it has to do with the filesystem type itself) I
> > don't see the point in worrying end-users about it.
> >
> > I suppose it's worthwhile to note to busybox users that they no
> > longer have to use alternate means of netmounting, as 'netmount'
> > will now work on busybox...?
> >
> > Perhaps: " Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for
> > mount/umount -a, to ensure the localmount and netmount scripts
> > are compatible with busybox mount.  If your system uses busybox
> > mount please migrate any custom workarounds you may have to the
> > openrc localmount/netmount services. "
> >
>
> PS - i still think we should just cut it.

What is it that you think we should cut?

Thanks,

William