Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:00:41 +1000 (AEST) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: BUG: Mount ignores mount options |
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2018, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 09:48:53AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > Are there cases I'm missing? It sounds like the API could be improved > > to fully model the last case, and everything will work nicely. > > You know, that's starting to remind of this little gem of Borges: > http://www.alamut.com/subj/artiface/language/johnWilkins.html > Especially the delightful (fake) quote contained in there: > [...] it is written that the animals are divided into: > (a) belonging to the emperor, > (b) embalmed, > (c) tame, > (d) sucking pigs, > (e) sirens, > (f) fabulous, > (g) stray dogs, > (h) included in the present classification, > (i) frenzied, > (j) innumerable, > (k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush, > (l) et cetera, > (m) having just broken the water pitcher, > (n) that from a long way off look like flies.
Coincidentally, this was also the model for Linux capabilities.
-- James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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