On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:08 AM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 04:20:15 +0200, Tom H wrote:
>> If you add "nofail" to an fstab entry's options, the generated mount >> unit "wants" local-fs.target or remote-fs.target and boot won't fail >> if it fails. > > The OP expect this to be the default, perhaps the OP expects all users > have the same needs as he has got. Since the OP is not interested to > read provided links or to google, to get at least basic knowledge, we > just throw pearls before swine. Given the model that systemd's upstream's chosen, parsing "/etc/fstab" and generating mount units, let's assume that nofail had been made the default. "/" would have had to be an exception. And then you'd have had endless bikeshedding over what other filesystems ought to be special-cased... > Btw. even distros that by default reduce the amount of directories > should be used with links: > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -Ggd /bin /sbin /usr/bin/ /usr/sbin > lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Sep 30 21:17 /bin -> usr/bin > lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Sep 30 21:17 /sbin -> usr/bin > drwxr-xr-x 5 217088 Mar 27 21:41 /usr/bin/ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 3 Sep 30 21:17 /usr/sbin -> bin If these symlinks didn't exist, you'd, for example, have to keep two versions of shell scripts with different shebangs, depending on whether you were using them on a "normal" system or on a merged-/usr system. Who needs these kinds of headaches? -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
