Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 00:22:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdmfs /tmp and fstab on 5.0 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302230021200.21655-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030222214849.GE16534@moghedien.mukappabeta.net>
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On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Matthias Buelow wrote: > Jan Grant writes: > > >ln -s mdmfs /sbin/mount_mfs > > Yes, that's a workaround I had in mind. > > >As I recall, mdmfs wasn't called "mount_mfs" at the time because the > >author wasn't prepared to fight the battle he assumed (probably > >correctly) would arise out of doing so. > > I can't see any problem there, if the mdmfs program is compatible > with mount_mfs. I mean, the manpage even explicitly says, "the mdmfs > utility is designed to be a work-alike and look-alike of the > deprecated mount_mfs(8)." Why then the different name, especially > with the result that it can no longer be used with fstab? I mean, > the old mount_mfs doesn't seem to exist anymore so there would be no > naming conflict. Semantics. It doesn't mount an mfs filesystem, so it shouldn't be called mount_mfs. I personally think it's a fairly large breach of POLA - this isn't really an argument I subscribe to either. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ ioctl(2): probably the coolest Unix system call in the world To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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