On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 09:38:05PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > >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.
100% agreed. >> 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. I'm thinking the best way to go with this is to simply drop this misc USB device support altogether from partman-target. Any objections? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "C++ ate my sanity" -- Jon Rabone -- 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/20150117104418.ga4...@einval.com
