-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 01/10/15 09:41 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:13:09AM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius > wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 >> >> On 29/09/15 11:10 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: >>> On 29/09/15 10:52 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>>> On 29/09/2015 16:29, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: >>>>> On 28/09/15 06:58 PM, William Hubbs wrote: >>>>>> Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for >>>>>> mount/umount -a. This is being dropped because it is >>>>>> util-linux specific and not compatible with busybox. >>>>> >>>>> Does this have any actual end-user impact? AFAIK, using >>>>> the -O switch was 'just added' by us originally (i think >>>>> to reduce the explicit listing of the different fs types >>>>> or otherwise simplify the init script code) right? I'm >>>>> just wondering if this paragraph is actually necessary or >>>>> not.. >>> >>>> As a user, that para in the news makes me ask "how does >>>> this affect me?". I have to go read man pages and init >>>> scripts to find out. >>> >>>> Perhaps this: >>> >>>> Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch for >>>> mount/umount -a, because it is util-linux specific and not >>>> compatible with busybox. This only affects mounts with >>>> "_netdev" listed under options in /etc/fstab. Such systems >>>> should use "noauto" and/or "nofail" as described above. >>> >>> >>> Exactly my thoughts. We used -O _netdev within the >>> 'netmount' script to identify which fstab entries are network >>> mounts. But we did it a different way prior to using -O >>> _netdev. And since this isn't actually related in any way to >>> something end-users can set in fstab (it has to do with the >>> filesystem type itself) I don't see the point in worrying >>> end-users about it. >>> >>> I suppose it's worthwhile to note to busybox users that they >>> no longer have to use alternate means of netmounting, as >>> 'netmount' will now work on busybox...? >>> >>> Perhaps: " Also, we are dropping the use of the -O switch >>> for mount/umount -a, to ensure the localmount and netmount >>> scripts are compatible with busybox mount. If your system >>> uses busybox mount please migrate any custom workarounds you >>> may have to the openrc localmount/netmount services. " >>> >> >> PS - i still think we should just cut it. > > What is it that you think we should cut? > > Thanks, > > William >
The whole -O _netdev paragraph. Although i'm willing to cede on that as I didn't know end users set _netdev in fstab themselves; i thought it was a property of filesystem types and was entirely transparent to end-users. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlYNQBkACgkQAJxUfCtlWe2p4QEAiJ8bZ5tUPrrHACwXhHZ3wgYj y57rj2mi2PH4q24cXIUA/3ENCLZcP7ra18T7Tqeo3oWqpjRT2RkT6suyAM/+o42m =hoyz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
