Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 15:32:31 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppies for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199708242232.PAA00334@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <15686.872457898@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Aug 24, 97 02:24:58 pm
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> > There should be no user-visible mount_foo executables at all. :-) > > Use -t foo if you need. > > Yes, but since there are, would it not stand to reason that mount_ufs > should contain the UFS smarts so that mount turns into nothing more > than a "switch" for which you say say that the rule is always: > > 1. In the absence of -t, type ufs is assumed. This is already true. > 2. For any value of type, mount_$type exists. This is moderately bogus. The reason is the use of manifest constants in mount.h, and the new "improved" mount(2) call. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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