Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 12:06:25PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>> You shouldn't have "alias autofs autofs4"; the autofs-4 package should
>> mount "autofs4" by default. You should only have "alias autofs autofs4"
>> if you want use the autofs4 kernel module with the autofs-3 daemon.
>
>
> Linus changed my 2.4 patch so that both autofs3 and autofs4 register
> themselves as "autofs"; the alias is needed to load the right module.
> The 2.2 autofs4 patch is functionally identical to the 2.4 version.
>
What a horrible idea. I suspect that's because I believe Linus runs the
autofs 3 daemon with the autofs 4 kernel module...
-hpa
