[systemd-devel] Stricter handling of failing mounts during boot under systemd - crap idea !

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mon, 29.06.15 16:19, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson (johannbg at gmail.com) wrote:

> >Who writes/maintains the code that parses "nofail" in /etc/fstab ?
> >Who writes/maintains the typical system boot code (whatever has replaced
> >rc.sysinit) ?
> >
> >I suspect the answer to both is the systemd maintainers, in which case
> >is this not the correct place to bitch about it ?
> 
> util-linux ( see man mount ) is what provides the nofail option and I dont
> follow what you mean by getting the behaviour to modify it back to sensible
> since systemd does already do what is sensible to do and always has.

Well, that's not the full story. systemd interprets nofail, and builds
on the semantics that util-linux defines, but expands on them.

Hence, yes, we do take blame for the change of behaviour, but I am
sure it's the right thing to do.

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat