Re: backfstype patch.

[Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>]

==> Regarding [autofs] backfstype patch.; Hans Deragon <hans@deragon.biz> adds:

hans> Greetings.  Remember me with my backfstype patch?  Some people
hans> commented on it, I replied and then never got any answers since.
hans> Altough functional, my patch was questionned; the fix was not at the
hans> right place within the code (from a design/elegance point of view;
hans> technically it works great).  As I explained, I have no knowledge of
hans> the overall architecture of Autofs and unfortunatly, I do not have
hans> the time to get deep into it.

hans>    Can my patch still be applied in the main branch until it is moved
hans> into a more appropriate area of the code?  Its still adds the new
hans> backsftype support, does not cause any problems, is very localized,
hans> and very usefull.  I have been running it since the last 2 weeks
hans> without any problems.  I am rolling it out in the production
hans> environment.

Ultimately, this is up to Ian.  I have a todo list item to implement a
cachefs mount module (which was the agreed upon correct approach).
Unfortunately, it's quite low on the todo list.  :(

-Jeff