-----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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlYKqoUACgkQAJxUfCtlWe1ijwEAopUzcU8s5btLyojGnoMFRKsR ecQlbJrTzfPTQhrtzsMA/2pZuBCW8cELoE6Wef10i7ZeZbvxiFAzSHaWKVjwboMk =nrvu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
