Bug#761815: installation adds entries for USB media to /etc/fstab which confuse udisks
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:44:18 + Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 09:38:05PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > > > >My personal opinion is that the right thing is to not add entries to > >/etc/fstab for removable devices at all (where "removable" means that > >the device itself can be removed, not just devices with removable > >media): I think there is no guarantee that the entry added to /etc/fstab > >actually matches the right device later. Plus the problems with udisks. > > 100% agreed. > > >> My patch currently only prohibits adding of USB device entries. Should > >> this be extended to floppies and CD-ROMs? What about kfreebsd and hurd? > > > >I'm not sure about CD-ROM/floppies or other devices with removable > >media. I also don't know about kFreeBSD or Hurd. > > > >> IMO this should be fixed before the release as it causes unexpected and > >> inconsistent behavior. > > > >Agreed. I've personally at least encountered 3 people having problems > >with using USB media under desktop environments (KDE or GNOME) due to > >these entries in /etc/fstab. > > I'm thinking the best way to go with this is to simply drop this misc > USB device support altogether from partman-target. Any objections? > As someone hit by this, yes please. I like to start from a fairly minimal debian install, so when I add udisks post-install, I could still be hit by it if the other previously mentioned patch is used. Just removing that removable media handling support would be ideal. Thank you. -- Cameron Norman
Re: Packages to install be default for Stretch
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Hi, > > [ Please send replies only to boot@ ] > > I would like to re-evaluate what we change by default for Stretch, that > is the list of packages with priorities required, important and > standard. In general my plan involves installing less, taking into > consideration that requirements and expectations what should be > available in containers, chroots, on servers and desktop systems has > changed (at least IMHO). > > Some ideas which might need further though: > > - time: > 'time' is a builtin in at least bash and zsh. > -> demote to "optional" Not a good reason IMO. I think the fact that it is a builtin is indicative that it is very expected and normal to be present. > Any comments and/or suggestion for other changes? > Cheers, -- Cameron Norman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/calzwfr+t2vep_tw2ddb2ujg7k4zsy5qcqnafzb76ofoxozh...@mail.gmail.com
