From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:17170 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751619AbaG2KV0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2014 06:21:26 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:21:22 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Benno Schulenberg Cc: "util-linux@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: mount.8: mtab as symlink Message-ID: <20140729102122.GU8533@x2.net.home> References: <53CCADA9.3020703@bernhard-voelker.de> <20140721082859.GD17373@x2.net.home> <1405977369.18035.144118445.737362A9@webmail.messagingengine.com> <53CD86FC.7000808@bernhard-voelker.de> <1405981133.2561.144137253.6000B5B5@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20140721234936.GH17373@x2.net.home> <1406487424.22794.146193409.16E8F3E3@webmail.messagingengine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1406487424.22794.146193409.16E8F3E3@webmail.messagingengine.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 08:57:04PM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014, at 01:49, Karel Zak wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:18:53AM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > > By the way, Karel, what are these 'helper=' and 'uhelper=' things > > > that are mentioned in umount.8? Shouldn't these be mentioned in > > > mount.8 too, and more extensively? > > > > Not sure, it's implemented for very special purpose when udisks mount > > a device that should be umounted again by udisks. I don't think we > > want to do any advertisement for this functionality. > > So... should it be removed from the man page of umount too? > If so, the third patch in the upcoming series does that. Please, no. It's described in the section where is description of the API between umount(8) and external helpers. IMHO 'helper=' and 'uhelper=' makes sense there. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com