[Bug 42810] invalid entries in /etc/fstab should be filtered out

[Andrea Garbarini]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gnome-vfs2 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
Hello, I was wondering if it were possible to have gnome-vfs filter out
all those /etc/fstab entries which refer to devices being no longer
valid. The /etc/fstab is created at install time and entries are
populated according to the block devices found on the system during
setup, a typical example in this respect is the cd-rom drive. Problem
is, if the user later on moves the cd-drive to a different IDE channel,
the corresponding /etc/fstab entry is invalidated. Actually this is not
a serious issue, because gnome-vfs would get the new device node through
HAL, problem is we will end with a "bogus" cd-rom drive showing up in
nautilus. Actually, an easy workaround would be removing any reference
to cd-rom drives from /etc/fstab altogether, since most desktop apps
seem to rely on HAL nowadays: pmount is a valid example in this respect,
it will still work even if no fstab entry is provided for the device
which is being mounted. On the other hand, some don't: gnomebaker is one
of these. Regards, andre

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invalid entries in /etc/fstab should be filtered out
https://launchpad.net/bugs/42810