From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [RFC] devpts man page update Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:42:42 -0800 Message-ID: <49343E32.50707@zytor.com> References: <20081126181732.GA1509@us.ibm.com> <20081201181055.GA12493@us.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, List util-linux-ng Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu , Alan Cox , linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Add Cc: util-linux-ng Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > The fact that the util-linux(-ng) maintainer includes some kernel > details in the mount(8) man page is not something that I control. It > may or may not be a good idea. > IMNSHO, it's distincly not a good idea. For one thing, the mount(8) man page is a mess. Any options that aren't generic across filesystems should be moved out of mount(8) into the filesystem man pages in section 4. The fact that the options are in the mount(8) man page is largely a historical artifact dating back to the early 1990's when Linux only had a handful of filesystems. The way to do that pretty much ends up with: 1. Agree that this is the way to do it. 2. Add the options to section 4. 3. Clean up mount(8). ... in that order. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html