-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re:[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] initscripts changes From: Alessio Bolognino <themolok.ml@gmail.com> To: arch-general@archlinux.org Date: lun 07 avr 2008 18:48:13 CEST
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However, I know your opinion on these issues. Are there any rational reasons not to hardcode devpts?
Thomas, if you are afraid that users could remove that line from fstab, why don't you just put a "# Warning, do not remove these lines unless you really know what you are doing" or something like that? I think this will reduce complexity of rc.sysinit (not very much, I have to admit :)
I also don't understand why the devpts should be hardcoded. Do you want to protect user from his own errors ? Then you should protect all files in /etc and other places, because there are so many ways to corrupt a system. On the opposite, if you move something to a place where logically it is not supposed to be, then you will hide things and it could lead to new problems for the future. fstab is fine for me. And as a basic rule I apply: if there is something in that I don't know, then either I ask/search to cope with, or I leave it unchanged. Olivier