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Date:      Sat, 22 Feb 2003 22:48:49 +0100
From:      Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de>
To:        Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mdmfs /tmp and fstab on 5.0
Message-ID:  <20030222214849.GE16534@moghedien.mukappabeta.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302221309490.11537-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
References:  <20030222024546.GD16534@moghedien.mukappabeta.net> <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302221309490.11537-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>

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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.

-- 
Matthias Buelow

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