From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C853613881E for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:13:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3075E0863; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:13:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC291E0851 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:13:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.130] (CPE002401f30b73-CM78cd8ec1b205.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.224.138.49]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: axs) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CA4223408AC for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] news item: OpenRC 0.18 changes to localmount and netmount References: <5609c60d.2337420a.eba7.ffff912e@mx.google.com> <560AA05B.2020000@gentoo.org> <560AA5C3.8070607@gmail.com> <560AA9ED.8000603@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Ian Stakenvicius Message-ID: <560AAA85.7000709@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:13:09 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <560AA9ED.8000603@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: fa669183-4f00-4fcb-9f1a-9d7a502d9f24 X-Archives-Hash: b79d566d8de8efad9c88b34ed2192f49 -----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-----