Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 06:46:17AM -0800, Ross E Tyler wrote:
> > note that the following types of tests seem to work reliably:
> >
> >     [ -d $DIR -o -d $DIR ] && echo success
> >     (cd $DIR) 2>/dev/null && echo success
> >
> > please email any responses directly to me.
> 
> If this only applies to local mounts, it is a known bug in autofs-3.1.5
> and 3.1.6, caused as a side-effect of the new "bind mount" support for
> local mounts.
> 
> It was also a problem with autofs-4.0.0pre8, but has been fixed in
> autofs-4.0.0pre9; autofs-4.0.0 is backwards-compatible with autofs-3.1.x.
> 
> Alternatively, you could update your kernel to 2.4.0-test10 and use the
> mount command from util-linux 2.10o - this will make the bind mounts work.
> 

Actually, there is a bug in util-linux 2.10o which will make it a tossup
if the bind mounts work or not (they don't on my system, for example);
it's pretty much random based on the interaction of what filesystems are
in your kernel permanently (not as modules) and what filesystems you
currently have mounted...
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