mount --move in F16

[Ed Greshko]

On 07/09/2012 12:27 PM, Norman Gaywood wrote:
> This sequence of commands once worked in F16 (in kernel 3.2.10-3)
>
> mkdir -p /tmp/testing
> cd /tmp/testing/
> mkdir -p foo bar
> mount -t tmpfs tmpfs foo/
> mount --move foo bar/
>
> Sometime around 3.3.0-4 and maybe before the last command above gives
> this message:
>
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /tmp/testing/foo,
>        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail or so
>
> This is still the case in 3.4.4-4.fc16, the mount --move does not work.
>
> However, in F17 (3.4.4-5.fc17) the above sequence works fine.
>
> Could someone hit me with a clue stick?

I cannot hit you with a clue stick.....  But, I can verify your findings.  Sounds
like a bugzilla candidate.


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