Re: Re: Corrections

On 11/26/2011 05:00 PM, Duncan wrote:
> Thomas posted on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:30:57 -0800 as excerpted:
>
>> I found a typo in the Documentation. This is for amd64 and x86.
>>
>> The error is in the code, "mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev"
>>
>> The above command, if assumed that the user enters them exactly that
>> way,
>> would give them an error. It was correctly written as "mount -o bind
>> /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev" previously.
> Thanks for the report.
>
> Please file this as a bug, as that's easier to track thru to a fix than a 
> mailing list post that's all too easily read and forgotten about.  
> Remember, gentoo's a community distro run by volunteers.  Sometimes, 
> "life happens".  Regardless of whether that's a new baby or a new job or 
> a death in the family, or just more work than time, sometimes it's hard 
> to deal with a bug immediately, and having it filed as a bug instead of 
> only posted to a mailing list, helps keep the report from getting lost 
> and thus never fixed.
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org
>
> But to make that bug easier to follow and fix when you do file it...
>
> Please include a link to the page (there's a URL field in the bug, and 
> you can put the other one in a comment), and list the exact paragraph or 
> code number if possible.
>
> The mount(8) manpage lists the --rbind olddir newdir option, so it should 
> be supported in general, which is why I went to check the context in 
> which it was used... and found no information about where I should look!  
> Perhaps it was a typo or something, or maybe the instruction is indeed 
> wrong in context, but it's pretty difficult to check if I don't know 
> where to look. =:^\
>
> Anyway, thanks for the report.  Please do file a bug with a link, etc.
>
> (PS: Posting in HTML isn't really ideal.  When you do post to mailing 
> lists, turning off HTML and using just plain text is appreciated as not 
> everyone uses an HTML capable mail reader and raw HTML coding is ugly and 
> hard to read.  Thanks.)
>
Thank you very much.

Before filing a bug report, I wanted to make sure what I saw was correct.

The webpage is listed here [1]. After checking the mount (8) man page, I
have seen the similar observation as you. I would have thought that the
command would have given the output of completion but it returned this
command was not found. I fortunately reinstalled Gentoo Linux in my
Desktop and ran into this few weeks ago.

I just wanted to make sure it's not only on my end as I didn't see any
reports of it in the bug tracker.

Oh, and your PS, I'm sorry. I was using the Gmail's native browser mail. :)
<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=6>
[1]
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=6
<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=6>