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