Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 18:57:59 +0200 From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount_mfs (Re: smbfs) Message-ID: <20010526185759.C94185@skriver.dk> In-Reply-To: <20010526054437.1C1893E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:44:37PM -0700 References: <20010525222003.A70469@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010526054437.1C1893E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:44:37PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: > > On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 04:26:48PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > I still don't see why an rc.conf knob specifically for /tmp isn't > > > sufficient. That's what people want this for. Others can read the > > > excellent documentation supplied in mdconfig(8), which is appropriately > > > cross-referenced from md(4), which is the manual page for the device > > > concerned. Logical, orthogonal and pretty damn easy, when you look at > > > the EXAMPLES section. :-) > > How about make a port of out the mount_mfs compatible program and > committing your (Sheldon's) /tmp rc.conf patch? Those who only need > /tmp (and as you say, this is the majority) have what they need, we > don't have [needless] stuff in the base system, and those who need > something that pretends to be mount_mfs can get that from the ports. > Does this sound good? My vote would be to have the mount_mfs script/program in the base system, even if it has nothing to do with mfs, as long as it do what the old mount_mfs program did. /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk - CCIE #5456 Work: Network manager @ AS3292 (Tele Danmark DataNetworks) Private: FreeBSD committer @ AS2109 (A much smaller network ;-) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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