Re: Issue in man page mount_namespaces.7

[Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

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Hi Helge,

On 12/4/22 15:00, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello Alejandro,
> On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 01:25:07PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>>> Without further ado, the following was found:
>>>
>>> Issue:    mount point I<B> → mount I<B>
>>>
>>> "Here, I<B> is the destination mount, and I<b> is a subdirectory path under"
>>> "the mount point I<B>.  The propagation type of the resulting mount, I<B/b>,"
>>> "follows the same rules as for a bind mount, where the propagation type of"
>>> "the source mount is considered always to be private."
>>
>> I'm not sure about this one.  If we change that wording, I'd like to make
>> sure we don't lose any details in the information.  Please CC any related
>> kernel developers, and suggest them review the documentation for more
>> consistent language.
> 
> Until recently, there was "mount point" used all over this man pages.
> This was changed to "mount" in one of the previous release of man
> pages.


I didn't know that; please point to the commit that did that.

> 
> Thus I assumed that this one might have been overlooked.

Maybe.

> 
> I mark it WONTFIX for now, so it doesn't get reported again and maybe
> you can clarify (if necessary) this in a later release.

If you point me to the patch, I can dig into it.  Thanks!

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Greetings
> 
>          Helge
> 
> 

Cheers,

Alex

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