Re: [PATCH] mount: provide a bigger hint about missing helper programs. Closes: #452330

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On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 01:11:08PM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> > + 	    snprintf(mountprog, sizeof(mountprog), "/sbin/mount.%s", types);
> > + 	    if (stat(mountprog, &statbuf) < 0)
> > + 	      error(_("       You might need a helper program: %s"), mountprog);
>  This not a good solution. The "types" could be comma-separated list
>  of FS types. This solution also produces unexpected suggestions like
>  /sbin/mount.ext3...

I knew there was a reason I hadn't applied it to my tree yet... :-(

>  What about to use any more generic message like
>   "For several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a
>   /sbin/mount.<type> helper program."

I think this would be fine.

lamont
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