From: "Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
To: "Christoph Hellwig" <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: util-linux-ng-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: mount(8) manpage and filesystem-specific options
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:03:30 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cfd18e0f0811281303m69a7a73di42fbaf80f9f61fd2@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081126041558.GA9251-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Currently the mount(8) manpages which is contained inside util-linux
> has a list of mount options for various filesystem. Now the filesystems
> are in the kernel tree and can change options without affecting the
> mount binary, and of course do so frequently. This means these options
> are frequently out of date. All these options also make the manpage
> quite large and harder to read. What do peope think about adding a
> (section 4?) manpage for every common filesystem in the man-pages
> repository instead which people seems to help updating nowdays when
> doing user ABI changes, and linking from the mount manpage to it?
Sounds okay to me.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-28 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-26 4:15 mount(8) manpage and filesystem-specific options Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20081126041558.GA9251-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-11-26 10:54 ` Karel Zak
[not found] ` <20081126105444.GO2961-sHeGUpI7y9L/9pzu0YdTqQ@public.gmane.org>
2008-11-26 20:05 ` Andreas Dilger
2008-11-26 20:46 ` Chuck Lever
[not found] ` <20081126200526.GX3186-RIaA196FMs1uuQVovAj/GogTZbYi8/ss@public.gmane.org>
2008-11-26 23:03 ` Karel Zak
2008-11-28 21:03 ` Michael Kerrisk [this message]
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