Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 05:03:11 -0600 From: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net> To: opentrax@email.com Cc: ben@FreeBSD.org, bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/22043: fstab cache annoyance Message-ID: <20001112050311.B7123@peorth.iteration.net> In-Reply-To: <200011121058.CAA04066@spammie.svbug.com>; from opentrax@email.com on Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 02:58:33AM -0800 References: <20001111195431.B13079@platinum.scientia.demon.co.uk> <200011121058.CAA04066@spammie.svbug.com>
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On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 02:58:33AM -0800, opentrax@email.com scribbled: | On 11 Nov, Ben Smithurst wrote: | > opentrax@email.com wrote: | >> For utilities that rely on fstab (mount, fsck, ...), | >> the lookup in fstab(5) fails until the table is | >> re-read; usually a re-read via reboot. | > Utilities that read fstab read it themselves, there is no cache in the | > way you imply. I'm not sure what the problem is. | Are you stating that I should report the bugs in | mount, fsck, etc. - instead? No. He is stating that this is standard cross-platform UNIX behavior and will not change because of this PR. :) -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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