[Slackbuilds-users] pmount fails in Slackware 12.2

[Didier Spaier]

Robby, please don't remove pmount from the 12.2 repo.

I find it really useful, as a fluxbox user ; all I had to do to use it on my old laptop is populate /etc/pmount.allow with;
/etc/sda[123]
/etc/sdb[123]
/etc/hdc

Is that too much for the average Joe ?

A note in the README, e.g.:
For now removable devices are not recognized ;  please populate /etc/pmount.allow with a list of your removables devices - see man pmount
will suffice

Thanks,

Didier

Le Tuesday 16 December 2008 00:13:52 Phillip Warner, vous avez écrit :
> pmount does not *fully* work in Slackware 12.2 no matter what version of pmount you use (as of this date).  I was just saying that if it is removed from the 12.2 repo, people could still get the SlackBuild from the 12.1 repo if they don't mind having to use pmount.allow to list a range of removable devices.
> 
> I think pmount still works perfectly fine (completely) if you use a kernel from Slackware 12.1 (or near equivalent kernel version).  It might also work better with a custom kernel with some different sysfs options.  None of this is in SW 12.2 so it does not really matter here.
> 
> --phillip
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 12/15/08, Robby Workman <rw at rlworkman.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Robby Workman <rw at rlworkman.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] pmount fails in Slackware 12.2
> > To: slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org
> > Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 1:02 PM
> > On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:45:57 -0800 (PST)
> > Phillip Warner <pc_warner at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I don't think this is something that can be fixed
> > with a small
> > > patch.  From what I gather, it'd take a major
> > rewrite of pmount or a
> > > custom kernel setup (I haven't looked through the
> > source to confirm
> > > this).  The SlackBuild maintainer, Guillermo, is
> > looking into the
> > > issue as well.
> > > 
> > > The software is still useful, however, as you can use
> > globs to
> > > whitelist a range of devices (external and internal)
> > in
> > > pmount.allow.  Perhaps until the issue is resolved a
> > note in the
> > > README can be added specifying to use globs in
> > pmount.allow.
> > > Although, if people want to use it they *could* just
> > get it from the
> > > 12.1 repo.
> > 
> > 
> > Hrm, so that version still works?
> > 
> > -RW