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Date:      Sat, 19 Dec 1998 19:32:31 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: I almost hate to suggest this...
Message-ID:  <199812190832.TAA26239@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>Because if phk's well-described "bike shelter effect" takes place
>here, where the smallest most inconsequential changes generate the
>largest number of flames and general commentary, we're in for
>a very rough ride indeed over the following suggestion:

Especially when they are "wrong" :-).

>Index: Makefile
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sbin/mount/Makefile,v
>retrieving revision 1.7
>diff -u -u -r1.7 Makefile
>--- Makefile	1998/03/08 14:50:00	1.7
>+++ Makefile	1998/12/19 06:58:21
>@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
> MAN8=	mount.8
> # We do NOT install the getmntopts.3 man page.
> 
>+LINKS=	${BINDIR}/mount ${BINDIR}/mount_ufs
>+
> # We support the ROOTSLICE_HUNT hack
> CFLAGS+=-DROOTSLICE_HUNT
> 
>
>The idea here is that there's a mount_foo for every value of foo
>EXCEPT for ufs, an omission which has always bugged me.  It makes the

mount_foo should almost never be used directly.  It should be in /libexec
to inhibit misuse.  Use `mount -t foo'.

Bruce

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