Hi, Gaudenz Steinlin <gaud...@debian.org> writes: > Just to give some context: This bug is about adding entries for USB mass > storage devices to /etc/fstab on installation. > > Olliver Schinagl <oli...@schinagl.nl> writes: >> I just got bitten by this bug myself. >> >> As a long time gentoo + ubuntu user, I was baffled after getting the >> solution to this problem. I have worked through several different kind >> of fstab files, but this was a serious wtf. Why wasn't removable storage >> working for me? I just couldn't figure it out, everything 'looked' normal. >> >> I'd increase the severity of this report, as it is far far from >> obvious. > > I just had a look at the relevant code in partman-target > finish.d/fstab_removable_media_entries. As far as I understand it (no > testing done) these entries are added if a USB device is currently > plugged in. The code is from 2004 (commit > af81206d02f8d668dab382e5ec8483ccbc90a506) when this probably made sense. > > Does it make any sense anymore to keep this code? IMO the fstab entries > should at least not be added when udisks is installed. I attached a > patch (not yet tested) which does this.
My personal opinion is that the right thing is to not add entries to /etc/fstab for removable devices at all (where "removable" means that the device itself can be removed, not just devices with removable media): I think there is no guarantee that the entry added to /etc/fstab actually matches the right device later. Plus the problems with udisks. > My patch currently only prohibits adding of USB device entries. Should > this be extended to floppies and CD-ROMs? What about kfreebsd and hurd? I'm not sure about CD-ROM/floppies or other devices with removable media. I also don't know about kFreeBSD or Hurd. > IMO this should be fixed before the release as it causes unexpected and > inconsistent behavior. Agreed. I've personally at least encountered 3 people having problems with using USB media under desktop environments (KDE or GNOME) due to these entries in /etc/fstab. Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87bnnj5exe.fsf...@deep-thought.43-1.org
