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Re: mount and linux

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From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
To: Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: mount and linux
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:41:04 -0400
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> On slightly out-of-date Debian /etc/filesystems doesn't exist at all. It
> isn't Mandrake specific is it? What is the purpose of it and where does
> it come from? Certainly it is a fair point about /proc/filesystems
> limitations though so if /etc/filesystems allows us to correctly add
> more supported filesystems, it should be used.

It's used by the mount in util-linux; I'm not aware of who uses
that mount and who doesn't.  It's used in preference to
/proc/filesystems for auto-probing.  As such, I have absolutely
no use for it.

I'm starting to think that this would be better served
by a style.

References:
- RE: mount and linux
  - From: Borsenkow Andrej
- Re: mount and linux
  - From: Oliver Kiddle

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