> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:32:40 -0400 > From: Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> > > Simon Burge <sim...@netbsd.org> writes: > > > 5. Move all local mounts to /etc/rc.d/mountcritlocal (ala > > FreeBSD) and possibly rename this to /etc/rc.d/mountlocal . > > I think the only thing we lose with this is the ability to mount local > filesystems on top of mount points that are in remote filesystems, > without playing the noauto/rc.local game. I am ok with this personally, > but it feels hard to be sure it won't cause trouble, and I do expect > some trouble.
Does anyone actually do this -- have local mounts on top of remote mounts? I keep hearing about the theoretical possibility of /usr on nfs and /usr/src or /usr/local on local ffs. But you'd really have to go out of your way to set that up -- certainly sysinst won't do that for you. Not sure it's too much to ask that if you do set something up like that you use noauto/rc.local or a local rc.d script to manage it. Is this obscure use case actually worth worrying about enough to add new knobs, invent new NetBSD-specific zfs properties, and/or keep a confusing series of mount stages in rc.d? I think it would be better to just nix the `critical' distinction: mount root, then mount all local, then start networking and mount all remote. Keep it simple unless there's a strong reason not to.
