On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 02:30:23PM -0700, W. Trevor King wrote:
> Removing the second paragraph from the x-* entry in favor of a "since
> util-linux v2.30" parenthetical. While the motivation for the
> userspace storage is interesting, it's covered in more detail in the
> 0a14cc8b (libmount: revert X-* and x-* meaning, 2016-12-09) commit
> message.
>
> For example, the "keep existing fstab configurations usable" wording
> I'm removing was a bit confusing, because fstabs using x-* and
> expecting the options to be preserved in userspace were broken before
> util-linux v2.30. The clearer language from 0a14cc8b's commit message
> is:
>
> The systemd and dracut users will get the new (=fixed) functionality
> without a change in fstab configuration.
>
> It's not clear to me if there was an earlier version of util-linux
> that also preserved x-* options. Without that, the existing fstabs
> using x-* and intending to have the options preserved *become* usable
> with v2.30; they weren't usable before.
Before v2.30 the options x-* has been interpreted as pure comment, it
means not stored in userspace (and not available for umount).
Karel
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