# Re: BUG: Mount ignores mount options

- From: Serge E. Hallyn \<serge@hallyn.com\>
- Date: 2018-08-16 02:24:17 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2018/08/141810
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2018/08/141849/t.md

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Quoting James Morris (jmorris@namei.org):
> 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.

But maybe we want to split the stray dogs up by breed.
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