Patch: Report missing helper program if mount device doesn't exist, which most likely means a non-local filesystem mount which might need a helper program.
I also removed the helper program from error text if device does exist.
I don't think there are any helpers for local filesystems?
--- mount.c.old 2007-11-27 09:32:49.000000000 +0200
+++ mount.c 2007-11-27 09:32:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -1193,11 +1193,18 @@
error (_("mount: %s not mounted already, or bad option"), node);
} else {
error (_("mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on %s,\n"
- " missing codepage or helper program, or other error"),
+ " missing codepage, or other error"),
spec);
- if (stat(spec, &statbuf) == 0 && S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)
- && (fd = open(spec, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) >= 0) {
+ if (stat(spec, &statbuf) < 0) {
+ if (errno == ENOENT) {
+ char mountprog[100];
+ snprintf(mountprog, sizeof(mountprog), "/sbin/mount.%s", types);
+ if (stat(mountprog, &statbuf) < 0)
+ error(_(" You might need a helper program: %s"), mountprog);
+ }
+ } else if (S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)
+ && (fd = open(spec, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) >= 0) {
if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE, &size) == 0) {
if (size == 0 && !loop) {
warned++;
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