From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karel Zak Subject: Re: /etc/fstab.d yes or not Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:59:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20120120145907.GA20377@x2.net.home> References: <20120120140444.GC13157@x2.net.home> <20120120154309.3ae5f9e4a8f55c477dc423ab@kinali.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, util-linux-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Attila Kinali Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120120154309.3ae5f9e4a8f55c477dc423ab-HB9FjVmMKa7tRgLqZ5aouw@public.gmane.org> Sender: util-linux-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 03:43:09PM +0100, Attila Kinali wrote: > Hence, i would like to ask you to consider not adding /etc/fstab.d > unless there is a very good reason to do it. And "to make it simpler > for people who have a lot of mountpoints" is IMHO not a good reason. > How many mountpoints must one use that a single file becomes a problem? Let's imagine that you have a network and you use the same configuration on all machines, then "*.d/" directories are very useful for you -- for example you can create a company.rpm with important configuration and distribute it to all machines. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html