From: "Linda A. Walsh" <lkml@tlinx.org>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: (RFE?) How do you specify the 'no-canonicalize' option in fstab?
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:20:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53D1BF03.9000201@tlinx.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140724073222.GI26781@x2.net.home>
Karel Zak wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 09:32:55PM -0700, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
>
>> While it works interactively, that leaves out using it when most of the file
>> systems are loaded -- how can one specify -no-canonicalize in /etc/fstab?
>>
>
> Why do you want something like this?
>
----
Why wouldn't I?
>
> The option --no-canonicalize has very special purpose (e.g. when
> mount.<type> helper calls mount(8)).
>
The default canonicalization has a very special purpose to the
kernel/dm, but it
is not necessarily what a user wants to see when they type 'mount'.
Is there a reason NOT to give the option to user to display it as they wish,
or is there some reason to force the user into using the kernel/lvm internal
format?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-25 2:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-24 4:32 Q: (RFE?) How do you specify the 'no-canonicalize' option in fstab? Linda A. Walsh
2014-07-24 7:32 ` Karel Zak
2014-07-25 2:20 ` Linda A. Walsh [this message]
2014-07-25 7:21 ` Karel Zak
2014-07-25 7:44 ` Linda A. Walsh
2014-07-26 4:46 ` Linda A. Walsh
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