Bug#336585: yaird: The fs_freq and fs_passno fields in /etc/fstab are optional

[Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>]

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On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:36:08 +0000
Ian Campbell <icampbell@arcom.com> wrote:

> fstab(5) says "It contains at least the type of mount..." which I
> would take to mean there must be at least one option. I don't know
> what it means by type here but I guess at least "defaults" should be
> present.

I interpret "type of mount" as "read-write, readonly or whatever
is the default on this system" (not to be confused with "type of
filesystem to be mounted").

And I see it as sane for this option to be mandatory mandatory.

If options are by definition optional then what is the proper word for
"options" that are mandatory? Mandates? Naah...


 - Jonas

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