From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7706A22172D for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:52:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=116.202.254.214 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755039175; cv=none; b=IBCH5nCnrMIfcUUWZ2GhAW35H+vnoBjAq10JXdOwPq/va+/EXipkgW8f5gajN5JZB/SRSnLDw/glIXE/tYOZac9N/TteFAVoJAuszVbmnU7SSy8OFs4TTO5/IP9rro4fMpQHkupBSNtmJGaDZONKGD7QLik+2GtXdh01k940Sgc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755039175; c=relaxed/simple; bh=F+5mGWVRNxISH0E30jDqcYp5dAtZ2dIuSgtDSY9gW/8=; h=To:From:Subject:Date:Message-ID:References:Mime-Version: Content-Type:Cc; b=hheVzkLCl556h+avorHbkYj2L+7yfbSMZIzWtbhLBiwEuT1PQzIfercC3XDpolYFuE7QfaIUV6woMLHrxwlcDVFzqp/6OHCmSis8tckhhjPWq7hWI7KppWNCSj3RGiF1KZ/TqM+eauT2UILEoRhtli68wkQPLlbd/jvxfE2NSbE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=ist.utl.pt; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=m.gmane-mx.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=116.202.254.214 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=ist.utl.pt Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=m.gmane-mx.org Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ulxrP-0004bF-1S for util-linux@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:52:51 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org From: Nuno Silva Subject: Re: [PATCH] swapon: (man page) add details about fstab configuration Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:52:45 +0100 Message-ID: <107ggju$gvo$1@ciao.gmane.io> References: <2k6jk47pv3rgp4djrfhs6tdddhfmbjoz2jmofzf6owxnpfuvq2@bkt6bw6bldj5> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cc: kzak@redhat.com On 2025-08-12, Karel Zak wrote: > The fstab(5) man page already describes some basic aspects of "swap," > but it makes sense to be more specific in the swapon man page and > describe everything in one place, serving as a normative reference for > what is expected on Linux in fstab for swap. > > Fixes: https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/3667 > Signed-off-by: Karel Zak > --- > sys-utils/fstab.5.adoc | 2 ++ > sys-utils/swapon.8.adoc | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+) > [...] > diff --git a/sys-utils/swapon.8.adoc b/sys-utils/swapon.8.adoc > index a25309d18..f4516c66a 100644 > --- a/sys-utils/swapon.8.adoc > +++ b/sys-utils/swapon.8.adoc > @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Calls to *swapon* normally occur in the system boot > scripts making all swap devi > > *-a*, *--all*:: > All devices marked as "swap" in _/etc/fstab_ are made available, > except for those with the "noauto" option. Devices that are already > being used as swap are silently skipped. > +See *FSTAB CONFIGURATION* section for more details. Should this be "See the *FSTAB CONFIGURATION* section [...]"? At first sight, it sounds/looks better to me with that "the". -- Nuno Silva