Package: mount
Version: 2.19.1-5
Severity: wishlist
fstab manpage on Debian explains its fourth field as:
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The fourth field (fs_mntops).
This field describes the mount options associated with the
filesystem.
It is formatted as a comma separated list of options. It con‐
tains at least the type of mount plus any additional options
appropriate to the filesystem type. For documentation on the
available mount options, see mount(8). For documentation on the
available swap options, see swapon(8).
Basic file system independent options are:
defaults
use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser,
and async.
noauto do not mount when "mount -a" is given (e.g., at boot
time)
user allow a user to mount
owner allow device owner to mount
comment
for use by fstab-maintaining programs
nofail do not report errors for this device if it does not
exist.
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Since this explanation of the fourth field is for "file system
independent options" implying mount(8) cases. I needed to look into
swapon(8) for help. (There is no mention of "sw" unlike some other Unix
fstab manpage .... maybe justifiable since it is "swapon" thing).
As I see swapon(8), only "noauto" "discard" "nofail" "pri=??" options
are explained but I do not see mention of "sw" and "defaults" which seem
to be the ones set up by d-i and explained elsewhere like:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/setting_up_swap.html
("defaults" explained in fstab(5) is not valid for swap anyway.)
I think mention of these with example of fstab entry in swapon(8) should
make it easier for us all.
Regards,
Osamu
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages mount depends on:
ii libblkid1 2.19.1-5
ii libc6 2.13-21
ii libmount1 2.19.1-5
ii libselinux1 2.1.0-4
ii libsepol1 2.1.0-1.1
mount recommends no packages.
Versions of packages mount suggests:
ii nfs-common 1:1.2.5-2
-- no debconf information
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