Your message dated Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:31:37 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#567071: what is the purpose of fstab-decode has caused the Debian Bug report #567071, regarding what is the purpose of fstab-decode to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: sysvinit-utils Version: 2.87dsf-8 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/man/man8/fstab-decode.8.gz Firstly, you want to change fstab-decode umount $(awk '$3 == vfat { print $2 }' /etc/fstab) #wrong fstab-decode umount $(awk '$3 == "vfat" { print $2 }' /etc/fstab) #right else it _won't work_. Secondly, you might add to this example "here's what we needed back in the bad old days before fstab-decode: ..." so users can see what fstab-decode is helping them do.
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 2.96~beta-1 On Tue, Mar 05, 2019 at 02:08:42PM +0000, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > fstab(5) may be not perfect, but it still contains information. I > believe adding fstab(5) to SEE-ALSO of fstab-decode(8) would be useful. This was added upstream in 2.96~beta. Closing as fixed. Mark
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