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

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:59:07 +0100
From:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>
To:	Attila Kinali <attila@...ali.ch>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	util-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /etc/fstab.d yes or not

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 03:43:09PM +0100, Attila Kinali wrote:
> Hence, i would like to ask you to consider not adding /etc/fstab.d
> unless there is a very good reason to do it. And "to make it simpler
> for people who have a lot of mountpoints" is IMHO not a good reason.
> How many mountpoints must one use that a single file becomes a problem?

 Let's imagine that you have a network and you use the same configuration
 on all machines, then "*.d/" directories are very useful for you -- for
 example you can create a company.rpm with important configuration and
 distribute it to all machines.

    Karel

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