-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 00:47:24 -0700 Brian Dolbec <dol...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 00:22:42 -0700 > "Daniel Campbell (zlg)" <z...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > > I'm having a hard time understanding why we need daemons to handle > > our filesystems. Can you give me a use case that /etc/fstab is > > insufficient for solving? > > > > - -- > > Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer > > > > It is about defining proper dependencies and not blindly returning a > success result when there were actual failures to start some files > systems. > So in some ways it is a bugfix. But it is actually a re-design which > will overcome shortcomings/limitations in the fstab, netmount, > localmount designs. > > Net result should be better configurability, proper error reporting, > proper service order startup,... > > Downside, it will likely mean a little migration/transistion. > > I'm in favour of the change. Good work William. > > - -- > Brian Dolbec <dolsen> > I forgot to say: For the average joe user that only has a few fstab entries, /boot, /root,/home. swap... It won't mean much if anything other than an un-needed change. Since it works for them. But for a systems administrator configuring servers with virtual machines, services depending on certain or multiple filesystems being up, etc... It can mean a BIG difference. It is the more complicated systems that are hitting the limitations of the current fstab system. not the simple user with a standard/basic handbook install. - -- Brian Dolbec <dolsen> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.1 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJVvx9LXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRBNUQ3Qzc0RTA4MUNDNzBEQjRBNEFBRjVG QkJEMDg3Mjc1ODIwRUQ4AAoJEPu9CHJ1gg7YkEMP/jCQVHLzBirLl3O752jXxc98 VB7yXuq1JTgAtC02ZZ6rTtSDcGHuNTfYSDV85A0qxIGHveK9GF1p3M2dueDIVF90 IBNuP1f2M+IAHm7htatA4a0OG8GFl1ldPKExFRWxwtjs1l4jK1PKZNPXKMztdNOA V221ugPBoGBsjHNkgG04NaBPLHRu+JCGnW3SIDU5ATCFu+KpEmlFXK+vKs3/Eqln XRz1pxcomgrAiV1lY7hV0dnianUBy2p2i8fkHaILLtcicJmsnOhzDqX94k5BomUb C4fJoQw/Q/bIOLQTrT1jwQ6cOSnq/h40VyyYMnem1nEaFQ/4ePBq+Ie298Xtu5Bg rS4xu0QOmtZyqwDpoqusAH+Zljf3Wa5joi7wUse1PyXWcVZCRUfeujGEWp/mBEIy FB5rwBUV/dLhh2CXO/V4h5BwXKJ1slc/v5c56RO3qZib/3nG2yqlN+48daIARGAC MnnjfUt/83fArwC5bBSN6TibfLPV+O/yjT0BXsh5Oqx7cKQPnSXq3EBtal3WdNcT Q5jX9fdoW4wnFn8OGn1g6tse1w2PtaQuDa9jOt+2WixMky399Zmqnfrzx6eFV4EN 4JfYsJMEL/3iZfP2BH9N3CBItHgJf296Wj8UP0dy0Li0bJU12yPcYTcRAyT2LvEz TNs2g32DnhUeoW5aN/2H =CCBF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
