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

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:03:42 +0100
From:	"Voelker, Bernhard" <bernhard.voelker@...mens-enterprise.com>
To:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>, Attila Kinali <attila@...ali.ch>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"util-linux@...r.kernel.org" <util-linux@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: /etc/fstab.d yes or not

Karel Zak wrote:

> 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.

Isn't this what the automounter does for decades?

Berny--
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