Further fstab errors discovered in Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20020314 23:08:
Ron Stodden wrote: > > Re: Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20020313 3:06 Now Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20020314 23:08 > 2. An expert update packages, no package selection should have no > possible reason to interfere with the contents of /etc/fstab. Yet it > does as follows: > > 2a. CD fstab lines have a -- parameter added which is illegal. These > will not mount. Fixed, > > 2b. The order of the entries is changed. > > 2c. The columnisation of the entries is destroyed making the entries > less readable. > > 2d. Remote devices are improperly prefixed by /dev/ as follows: > > big:/local/mandrake /remote/mandrake/ ext2 noauto,user,default 0 0 > > is changed to: > > /dev/big:/local/mandrake /remote/mandrake/ ext2 noauto,user,default 0 0 > > making them illegal and unmountable. 2e (new). My line: /dev/hdg13 /local/mandrake ext2 user,noauto,defaults 0 0 is changed to: /dev/hdg13 /mnt/hd ext2 user,noauto,defaults 0 0 which is also inconsistent with 2d. Note: /mnt is a symbolic name for /local, which exists to distinguish mount points for remote machines, which have the same names, because all machines on the LAN are set up identically. They mount on /remote. /mnt is an badly inadequate concept. > Who is responsible for this ongoing destructive damage to Mandrake's > reputation? > > Let me say that I do not suffer fools gladly. My question has not been answered and still stands, as do my comments. -- Ron. [au]
