Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:20:22 GMT From: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/79715: MNT_NODEV should be removed from sys/mount.h Message-ID: <200504091620.j39GKMBc071772@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/79715; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/79715: MNT_NODEV should be removed from sys/mount.h Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 12:18:08 -0400 In message <28785.1113062706@critter.freebsd.dk>, "Poul-Henning Kamp" writes: > In message <200504091552.j39FqlT0061068@www.freebsd.org>, Erez Zadok writes: > > > >I maintain am-utils (www.am-utils.org). Users reported some > >problems to me, which I tracked down to a depracated definition of > >MNT_NODEV in sys/mount.h. It was left there, but reset to 0: > > > >#define MNT_NODEV 0 /* Deprecated option */ > > > > I'm perfectly OK with removing it, but didn't out of fear of what > I might break. I guess this was a loose-loose scenario... If the actual NODEV functionallity had been removed from the kernel itself, then older binaries, precompiled with whatever NODEV was before, will get confused b/c users will expect "nodev" to work, but it will silently not work. > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. Thanks, Erez.
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