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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 06:07:51PM +0100, James Le Cuirot wrote: |
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> On Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:01:06 -0500 |
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> William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> > this item is about an important fstab update. In short, people need to |
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> > move away from /dev/disk-by/* in their fstab vfiles. |
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> "Inportant" typo in the title. |
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> Even before you posted this, I was wondering why this is a problem now? |
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This was changed in baselayout git years ago [1], and someone hit a race |
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condition caused by not making the changes in their fstab [2]. |
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The "new" syntax is device-manager agnostic, and supported by both |
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util-linux and busybox, so imo it is the best route to take. |
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William |
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[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496562 |
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[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=596346 |
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