conf/79715: MNT_NODEV should be removed from sys/mount.h

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

The following reply was made to PR conf/79715; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk>
To: Erez Zadok <ezk at cs.sunysb.edu>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: conf/79715: MNT_NODEV should be removed from sys/mount.h 
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:05:06 +0200

 In message <200504091552.j39FqlT0061068 at www.freebsd.org>, Erez Zadok writes:
 
 
 >I maintain am-utils (www.am-utils.org).  Users reported some
 >problems to me, which I tracked down to a depracated definition of
 >MNT_NODEV in sys/mount.h.  It was left there, but reset to 0:
 >
 >#define MNT_NODEV       0               /* Deprecated option */
 >
 
 I'm perfectly OK with removing it, but didn't out of fear of what
 I might break.  I guess this was a loose-loose scenario...
 
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