Date: 08 Mar 2001 14:03:46 -0500 From: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mount: /dev/ad0s1e: File name too long Message-ID: <ybuelw8qe0d.fsf@jesup.eng.tvol.net.jesup.eng.tvol.net> In-Reply-To: Bruce Evans's message of "Mon, 5 Mar 2001 18:24:25 %2B1100 (EST)"
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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes:
>I think I prefer the old behaviour. The names preserved by the kernel
>can't possibly remain valid until unmount in all cases. Examples:
>- pathnames relative to the current directory work. These only remain
> valid if the process that does the mount also does the unmount (and
> doesn't chdir).
>- the pathnames may involve symlinks that go away or change before
> unmount.
>The fix for this is: don't do that. This is also a reaonable fix for
>long pathnames -- don't use them unless you really have to. Long
>names even mess up the most common uses of the preserved names --
>displaying them in df, mount, etc.
And what if you have to use them (or want to)? If df/mount/etc
have bugs, let's fix those (not that I think they're significant).
--
Randell Jesup, Worldgate Communications, ex-Scala, ex-Amiga OS team ('88-94)
rjesup@wgate.com
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