linux-kernel - Re: /etc/fstab.d yes or not

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:06:02 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Roger Leigh <rleigh@...elibre.net>,
	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, util-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /etc/fstab.d yes or not

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:07:20PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> So with a good coding hat on - please don't consider fstab API, it's got
> a programming interface 8). Otherwise I agree fstab.d is wrong.
> 

It has a programming interface for reading, but other programs can do
modify (and read) the file directly.  If some joker decided to change
the formatting of /etc/fstab from tab-delimeted to some crazy XML
encoding, I am certain things would break.

					- Ted
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