On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:13:09AM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 29/09/15 11:10 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > > On 29/09/15 10:52 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 29/09/2015 16:29, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > >>> On 28/09/15 06:58 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > >>>> Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for > >>>> mount/umount -a. This is being dropped because it is > >>>> util-linux specific and not compatible with busybox. > >>> > >>> Does this have any actual end-user impact? AFAIK, using the > >>> -O switch was 'just added' by us originally (i think to > >>> reduce the explicit listing of the different fs types or > >>> otherwise simplify the init script code) right? I'm just > >>> wondering if this paragraph is actually necessary or not.. > > > >> As a user, that para in the news makes me ask "how does this > >> affect me?". I have to go read man pages and init scripts to > >> find out. > > > >> Perhaps this: > > > >> Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for > >> mount/umount -a, because it is util-linux specific and not > >> compatible with busybox. This only affects mounts with > >> "_netdev" listed under options in /etc/fstab. Such systems > >> should use "noauto" and/or "nofail" as described above. > > > > > > Exactly my thoughts. We used -O _netdev within the 'netmount' > > script to identify which fstab entries are network mounts. But > > we did it a different way prior to using -O _netdev. And since > > this isn't actually related in any way to something end-users can > > set in fstab (it has to do with the filesystem type itself) I > > don't see the point in worrying end-users about it. > > > > I suppose it's worthwhile to note to busybox users that they no > > longer have to use alternate means of netmounting, as 'netmount' > > will now work on busybox...? > > > > Perhaps: " Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for > > mount/umount -a, to ensure the localmount and netmount scripts > > are compatible with busybox mount. If your system uses busybox > > mount please migrate any custom workarounds you may have to the > > openrc localmount/netmount services. " > > > > PS - i still think we should just cut it.
What is it that you think we should cut? Thanks, William
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