Re: question about master map options

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On Thu, 2014-03-27 at 17:34 +1100, Vincent McIntyre wrote:
> Hi,
> 

It's been a long time since I wrote that.


> in README.v5.release it says
> - mount options present in the master map are now overridden by mount
>   options in map entries instead of being accumulated. This behaviour
>   is in line with other industry automount implementations.

That's not correct by the look of it.

> 
> but other places in the documentation refer to
> mount options in the master map being appended
> to those given to a specific map entry,
> modulo the setting of APPEND_OPTIONS in /etc/defaults/autofs.
> 
> I can't figure it out from the code. Which way round is it, please?
> I'd like to make the documentation consistent with itself
> and the code.

The README was probably correct when it was written, possibly before the
APPEND_OPTIONS configuration option was added.

It ended up that options are appended by default (as they are in
previous versions) and the option was added for those that need it.

> 
> Kind regards,
> Vince


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