Re: [Call For Wartectomy] CRLF conversion out of kernel

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:26:40 -0400 (EDT)


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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