On Mon, Sep 6, 2021, at 8:44 PM, iio7 wrote: > On Monday, September 6th, 2021 at 12:50 PM, Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net> > wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 10:12:33PM +0000, iio7 wrote: > > > > > > On 2021-09-05, iio7 < > > > > > > > > i...@protonmail.com > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /home/foo/tmp/ > > > > > =================================== > > > > > > > > > > mount_tmpfs: tmpfs on /home/foo/tmp: Operation not supported > > > > > > > It isn't built into the standard kernels, disabled with this commit:: > > > > > > > revision 1.229 > > > > > > > > date: 2016/07/25 19:52:56 > > > > > > > > disable tmpfs because it receives zero maintainance. > > > > > > Why isn't it removed? It is kinda "misguiding". > > > > There might be hope that someone who has the time would do proper > > > > maintenance... > > That's fine. I just naturally assumed that something like this would > be mentioned in the man page, or on the FAQ or somewhere else, which > is where I looked. When I didn't find anything I just assumed that > there where something wrong with my system or setup. I didn't even > consider searching the mailing list because I would never had guessed > that OpenBSD was in this state. Over the years I have come to know > OpenBSD for its prime documentation. Shipping a solution in the base > that isn't working is not what I normally connect with OpenBSD. > >
It would be helpful if the mount_tmpfs man page mentioned that it is no longer supported. Seems like that man page was last updated in November 16, 2014.
