[systemd-devel] when will mount / df get fixed?

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Mon Oct 1 11:32:11 PDT 2012



Am 01.10.2012 19:22, schrieb Jan Engelhardt:
> 
> On Monday 2012-10-01 15:10, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the actual problem? That `df` no longer shows only 
>>>>> user-initiated mounts? 
>>>>
>>>> df (1p)              - report free disk space
>>>>
>>>> damned - i have ONE /dev/md2
>>>> if i want to list mounts i typ "mount" and NOT "disk free"
>>>
>>> I think in that case, you should talk to the developers of df
>>> (coreutils) and ask for it to show at most one line per device.
>>
>> and how they should do this after the change that there
>> is no flag? dispaly a RANDOM line?
> 
> That is a possibility. Based upon that you are only interested
> in the device anyway, I conclude the mountpoint is irrelevant

that makes preety no sense on a server with > 100 bind-mounts
if everytime any of the admins type "df" he sees different
mountpoints - this is a computer not a gambling machine

and these are basic things which should be considered BEFORE
any invasive change and not after the damage is done since
more than a year



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