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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 10:56:59 +0000
From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: docs/22043: fstab cache annoyance
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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.

N
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