Earlier output did not give enough information to system admin to fix an issue in /etc/fstab effectively. $ sudo mount -a mount: mount(2) failed: No such file or directory Addresses: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1557145 Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- sys-utils/mount.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.c b/sys-utils/mount.c index 9c4729e..64ec0a7 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.c +++ b/sys-utils/mount.c @@ -520,7 +520,12 @@ try_readonly: warnx(_("special device %s does not exist"), src); } else { errno = syserr; - warn(_("mount(2) failed")); /* print errno */ + if (tgt) + warn("%s: %s", _("mount(2) failed"), tgt); + else if (src) + warn("%s: %s", _("mount(2) failed"), src); + else + warn(_("mount(2) failed")); } break; @@ -535,7 +540,7 @@ try_readonly: "(a path prefix is not a directory)"), src); } else { errno = syserr; - warn(_("mount(2) failed")); /* print errno */ + warn("%s: %s", _("mount(2) failed"), tgt); } break; -- 2.8.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html