From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 18 10:30:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67DD16A419 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DBBB13C47E for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:30:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l7IAU65T003690 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:30:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l7IAU6Xf003687; Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:30:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:30:06 GMT Message-Id: <200708181030.l7IAU6Xf003687@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Lars Engels Cc: Subject: Re: docs/115571: Use mount -t msdosfs instead of mount_msdosfs in thehandbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Lars Engels List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:30:06 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/115571; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Lars Engels To: Daniel =?iso-8859-15?Q?Ger=B8o?= Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/115571: Use mount -t msdosfs instead of mount_msdosfs in thehandbook Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:24:54 +0200 --CYcXvPfqKSDi0QhV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 02:20:59PM +0200, Daniel Ger=B8o wrote: >=20 > Hello Lars, >=20 > On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:04:57 GMT, Lars Engels wrote: > >=20 > >>Number: 115571 > >>Category: docs > >>Synopsis: Use mount -t msdosfs instead of mount_msdosfs in the >=20 > > On > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-trouble= =2Ehtml > > could you please change mount_msdosfs to mount -t msdosfs? > > The former should no longe be executed manually. >=20 > May I ask you why do you suspect that mount_msdosfs should > not be user any more? >=20 Hi Daniel, please compare the number of mount_* binaries in a 6.x and a CURRENT System.=20 [maggie:/sbin] lars@ttyp6 > ls mount_* | wc -l 9 [NB011798:/sbin] lars@ttyp2 > ls mount_* | wc -l 18 In src/sbin/mount/mount.c you find the following: /* XXX: We need to get away from implementing external mount * programs for every filesystem, and move towards having * each filesystem properly implement the nmount() system call. */ And there are several mails on mailinglists on that topic. E.g.: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-May/072783.html So advocating mount -t in the handbook is more future-proof. :-) Best regards, Lars --CYcXvPfqKSDi0QhV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGxsj2Kc512sD3afgRAqwUAJ9W2DR/dJm/51Hw9uOFOWYjzVKXEgCeMEYu cBcSutV+BU4GYPRlXFchiUY= =pGK1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CYcXvPfqKSDi0QhV--