> > I briefly checked Blivet and it is currently calls cmdline mount(8). > > There exists libmount library [1], which could be used to streamline the > > mounting without forking. Unfortunately, it does not have Python > > bindings yet, but that can be solved. > > > > 1: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.21/libmount-docs/ > > I have wanted this for a long time in anaconda, so I am happy to hear > it. I'd be willing to help with python bindings, but I would not want > to maintain them. I don't see a problem to maintain the bindig at util-linux source tree, but I have no time to implement it. I guess that for applications like anaconda it will be enough to have bindig for high-level things and for work with mount tables (fstab, /proc/self/mountinfo, ..). > > I had a brief chat with libmount author (Karel Zak, on cc:) and it would > > be possible to add fstab editing to the library, so Blivet would get it > > for free. > > > > David, what do you think about? I know, Blivet can mount stuff even now > > and using a library wouldn't add immediate benefit, but fstab editing > > could be worth checking. > > Using a library gets us better error condition checking and reporting, I > would think. It certainly would have helped us a lot more back when we > had imount.c, but it's still a good idea. I'm going to extend the current library API to support fstab update (now the library supports parsing and only in-memory work with fstab entries). Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> http://karelzak.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
