Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:31:36 -0700 From: Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdmfs mount_mfs compatibility bug? Message-ID: <20010929173136.F629@lizzy.bugworks.com> In-Reply-To: <20010930002525.0255D3E04@bazooka.trit.org> References: <200109300112.aa88479@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>; <20010930002525.0255D3E04@bazooka.trit.org>
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On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 05:25:20PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> The problem with this is that in a bikeshed far, far in the past, some
> people wanted to me able to call it "mount_md" instead of "mount_mfs".
Hardcoding the fsname may not be terribly elegant but does work.
> Of course, we could allow "mfs" and "md", but that seems rather ugly
> (what if someone wants "fish"?). I'd rather see mount(8) use
> mount_xxx, although if we think that would break something, your patch
> is probably the best solution.
Fwiw, agreed on both counts.
Thanks Ian, for providing the (temporary?) fix.
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