Re: Issue in man page mount_namespaces.7

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

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Hi Helge,

On 12/5/22 19:54, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello Alejandro,
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 02:18:19PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> On 12/5/22 13:38, Jakub Wilk wrote:
>>> * Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>, 2022-12-04 15:06:
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Probably this one:
>>>
>>>     commit 8c9a82742976dc98578338ef886776f06c0ab3f2
>>>     Author: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
>>>     Date:   2021-08-18 01:34:54 +0200
>>>         mount_namespaces.7: Terminology clean-up: "mount point" ==> "mount"
>>>         Many times, this page use the terminology "mount point", where
>>>         "mount" would be better. A "mount point" is the location at which
>>>         a mount is attached. A "mount" is an association between a
>>>         filesystem and a mount point.
>>>         Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Both terms are valid, but they have different meanings.
>>>
>>> (No idea which one is appropriate in the paragraph in question.)
>>
>>
>> Thanks!  I also don't know, so I'll leave this as is for now.
> 
> So you want me to remind you later on this or should I switch it to
> WONTFIX?

You can put WONTFIX on this one.

Cheers,

Alex

> 
> Greetings
> 
>           Helge
> 

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