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Date:      Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:35:27 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
Cc:        freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, 'Ken Smith' <kensmith@buffalo.edu>, 'Parker-Smith' <daveps@vicor.com>, phk@freebsd.org, 'Julian Elischer' <julian@freebsd.org>, Dave@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mount(8) bug? rc.d/mountlate bug? bug in both?
Message-ID:  <4ED952AF.3060404@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <039f01ccb0da$67b50f20$371f2d60$@fisglobal.com>
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On 12/02/2011 02:08, Devin Teske wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Doug Barton [mailto:dougb@FreeBSD.org]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 9:32 PM
>> To: Devin Teske
>> Cc: freebsd-rc@freebsd.org; Ken Smith; Parker-Smith; Dave@FreeBSD.ORG;
>> phk@freebsd.org; 'Julian Elischer'
>> Subject: Re: mount(8) bug? rc.d/mountlate bug? bug in both?
>>
>> Short answer, tag the mount(s) noauto in fstab, and mount them in
> /etc/rc.local.
>>
> 
> That may be the simplest approach.
> 
> However, we're looking more for a solution that involves keeping the NFS mounts
> in fstab(5).

Why said anything about moving the NFS mounts out of fstab? Did you
actually ready what I wrote?

Not to mention, you specifically asked for a solution that involved no
code changes. Now you're proposing code changes.

> I propose the following [UNTESTED] patch, which tries to make remote-errors
> non-fatal to a filesystem marked as "bg".

I would not be supportive of such a modification. An error is an error,
and needs to be flagged as such.



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