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Bug#546365: What about uploading pmount to stable ?



Hallo Vincent,

am Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:50:47AM +0100 hast du folgendes geschrieben:
>   I'm unsure about the newer 2.6.30 kernel, but for 2.6.28/2.6.29,
> they are simply disabled by default. They are also disabled on all
> debian kernel images post-lenny. The thing is that pmount is for
> end-users that will not know how to compile a kernel, and definitely
> will not know where to look for the information in any case. That's
> why I think it is important: pmount should work out-of-the-box on
> updated kernel images for lenny and a half. What is better is that the
> newer pmount makes much less strong assumptions about the sysfs
> structure, which means that it will probably not get obsolescent too
> quickly with respect to newer sysfs structures.

however disabling those will also break other unrelated software.  Marco
already raised udev[1].  So it might be simply a requirement that you
turn that support on when you compile your own kernels and that it's
turned on in lenny-and-a-half (if that happens).  It's good to keep
in mind, though, thanks.  ;-)

I think if that patch (because it's a tad larger) gets sufficient testing
on stable we can do it, if it makes pmount more robust.  I just want to argue
that it's not strictly necessary because it's not a configuration that we
support.

Kind regards,
Philipp Kern

[1] Which might be kind of special anyway and in need for an upgrade for
    a newer kernel, I think.
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