Bug#735590: manpages: filesystems(5) should describe the nodev prefix in /proc/filesystems
tags 735590 fixed-upstream thanks Hi Axel, On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Axel Beckert wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> One thing that would have helped here is if you could have supplied >> some text explaining what "nodev" is. > > I had some idea, but was unsure and looked into the man-page to read > more about it. > >> (Or, if you don't know, then it would help to explicitly note that >> in the bug.) > > I didn't expect that this needs explicit mentioning. The thing is, I sometimes get bug reports from people who *do* know the details, but they initially neither tell me them nor indicate that they know them--perhaps because they think the point is obvious enough that I don't need to be told. So, it saves me a few cycles if people tell me what they do or don't know; then I know what I can or can't ask them. ;-) See what I mean? >> [[ >> If the work "nodev" appears before a filesystem name, then that >> filesystem does not require a corresponding device in order to be >> mounted (i.e., it is a pseudo-filesystem). >> ]] >> >> Look okay to you? > > Doesn't clash with what I guessed, but since I was looking for facts, > I can't say if it's correct or wrong. I just now noticed that "nodev" is documented in /proc/filesystems [[ If a filesystem is marked with "nodev", this means that it does not require a block device to be mounted (e.g., virtual filesystem, network filesystem) ]] So what's needed is a pointer from filesystems(5) to proc(5). I'll add that. Thanks for the report. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#735590: manpages: filesystems(5) should describe the nodev prefix in /proc/filesystems
Hi Michael, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > One thing that would have helped here is if you could have supplied > some text explaining what "nodev" is. I had some idea, but was unsure and looked into the man-page to read more about it. > (Or, if you don't know, then it would help to explicitly note that > in the bug.) I didn't expect that this needs explicit mentioning. > [[ > If the work "nodev" appears before a filesystem name, then that > filesystem does not require a corresponding device in order to be > mounted (i.e., it is a pseudo-filesystem). > ]] > > Look okay to you? Doesn't clash with what I guessed, but since I was looking for facts, I can't say if it's correct or wrong. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert , http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE `-| 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#735590: manpages: filesystems(5) should describe the nodev prefix in /proc/filesystems
Axel, On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: manpages > Version: 3.55-1 > > filesystems(5) says: > >When, as is customary, the proc filesystem is mounted on /proc, >you can find in the file /proc/filesystems which filesystems your >kernel currently supports. If you need a currently unsupported >one, insert the corresponding module or recompile the kernel. > > My /proc/filesystems looks like this: > > $ cat /proc/filesystems > nodev sysfs > nodev rootfs > nodev ramfs > nodev bdev > nodev proc > nodev cgroup > nodev cpuset > nodev tmpfs > nodev devtmpfs > nodev debugfs > nodev securityfs > nodev sockfs > nodev pipefs > nodev anon_inodefs > nodev devpts > nodev hugetlbfs > nodev pstore > nodev mqueue > btrfs > ext3 > ext2 > ext4 > fuseblk > nodev fuse > nodev fusectl > nodev binfmt_misc > nodev aufs > $ > > filesystems(5) should mention the "nodev" prefix (and maybe other > potential prefixes) and describe its/their meaning.. One thing that would have helped here is if you could have supplied some text explaining what "nodev" is. (Or, if you don't know, then it would help to explicitly note that in the bug.) I believe the appropriate text would be something like [[ If the work "nodev" appears before a filesystem name, then that filesystem does not require a corresponding device in order to be mounted (i.e., it is a pseudo-filesystem). ]] Look okay to you? Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#735590: manpages: filesystems(5) should describe the nodev prefix in /proc/filesystems
Package: manpages Version: 3.55-1 filesystems(5) says: When, as is customary, the proc filesystem is mounted on /proc, you can find in the file /proc/filesystems which filesystems your kernel currently supports. If you need a currently unsupported one, insert the corresponding module or recompile the kernel. My /proc/filesystems looks like this: $ cat /proc/filesystems nodev sysfs nodev rootfs nodev ramfs nodev bdev nodev proc nodev cgroup nodev cpuset nodev tmpfs nodev devtmpfs nodev debugfs nodev securityfs nodev sockfs nodev pipefs nodev anon_inodefs nodev devpts nodev hugetlbfs nodev pstore nodev mqueue btrfs ext3 ext2 ext4 fuseblk nodev fuse nodev fusectl nodev binfmt_misc nodev aufs $ filesystems(5) should mention the "nodev" prefix (and maybe other potential prefixes) and describe its/their meaning.. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (400, 'stable'), (110, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.12-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash manpages depends on no packages. manpages recommends no packages. Versions of packages manpages suggests: ii man-db [man-browser] 2.6.5-3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
