From: Timo Sirainen <tss@xxxxxx> Report missing helper program if mount device doesn't exist, which most likely means a non-local filesystem mount which might need a helper program. See: http://bugs.debian.org/452330 Signed-off-by: LaMont Jones <lamont@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mount/mount.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mount/mount.c b/mount/mount.c index 99ad970..b870eb6 100644 --- a/mount/mount.c +++ b/mount/mount.c @@ -1227,7 +1227,15 @@ try_mount_one (const char *spec0, const char *node0, const char *types0, " missing codepage or helper program, or other error"), spec); - if (stat(spec, &statbuf) == 0 && S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode) + if (stat(spec, &statbuf) < 0) { + if (errno == ENOENT) { + char mountprog[120]; + snprintf(mountprog, sizeof(mountprog), "/sbin/mount.%s", types); + if (stat(mountprog, &statbuf) < 0) + error(_(" You might need a helper program: %s"), mountprog); + } + } else if (S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode) + && (fd = open(spec, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) >= 0) { && (fd = open(spec, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) >= 0) { if (blkdev_get_size(fd, &size) == 0) { -- 1.5.3.6 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html