mount -a remounts tmpfs entries: bug or feature?

Vladimir Dronnikov dronnikov at gmail.com
Mon Nov 24 01:46:10 PST 2008


>
> > Personally, I'd like to be able to mount valid stuff the way I wish.
>
> For a manual mount, I agree.
> But I think 'mount -a' should mount everything from /etc/fstab, unless
> it is already mounted.


I fear mount -a is used 99% at early bootup when nothing is mounted. But
still we are going to create a potential rathole here when mount becomes
_stateful_ utility. Do we need more quirks, Ralf?

--
Vladimir
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