Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: [Call For Wartectomy] CRLF conversion out of kernel | Date | Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:26:40 -0400 (EDT) |
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Marc Mutz writes: > Albert D. Cahalan wrote: >> Alexander Viro writes:
>>> If somebody has really convincing arguments for preserving the sucker - >>> tell. Otherwise it will die. >> >> Obvious reason: compatibility. > > But if it is/was a mount _option_ then there should be no programs > around that actually don't work without it, should there?
/bin/mount, via the /etc/fstab file
> So my vote goes for "kick it out", because if all the programs have to > support it by themselves anyway, why leave it in the kernel?
It is a fairly stupid feature.
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