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Subject: Re: docs/22043: fstab cache annoyance
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On 12 Nov, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 12:00:06PM -0800, Ben Smithurst wrote:
>> From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
>> To: opentrax@email.com
>> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
>> Subject: Re: docs/22043: fstab cache annoyance
>> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:54:31 +0000
>> 
>>  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.
> 
> Seconded.  I couldn't duplicate the behaviour described in the PR.
> 
I can readily reproduce the errors, but perhaps my description
was not clear enough. I'll review the PR and update it
if the description is not clear enough.

				Jessem.






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