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Diffstat (limited to 'util-linux/Config.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/Config.in | 45 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in index 3c990b936..a1e0b0848 100644 --- a/util-linux/Config.in +++ b/util-linux/Config.in @@ -216,6 +216,21 @@ config CONFIG_LOSETUP file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This version does not currently support enabling data encryption. +config CONFIG_IPCRM + bool "ipcrm" + default n + help + The ipcrm utility allows the removal of System V interprocess + communication (IPC) objects and the associated data structures + from the system. + +config CONFIG_IPCS + bool "ipcs" + default n + help + The ipcs utility is used to provide information on the currently + allocated System V interprocess (IPC) objects in the system. + config CONFIG_MKSWAP bool "mkswap" default n @@ -322,14 +337,18 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP default n depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT help - Enabling this feature allows mount to use the '-o' loop options, - which lets you loop mount files. Mount will automagically setup and - free the necessary loop devices so you do not need to mess with the - 'losetup' utility unless you really want to. This is really - only useful if you plan to loop mount files. + Enabling this feature allows automatic loopback mounts, meaning you can mount + filesystems contained in normal files as well as in block devices. The mount + and umount commands will detect you are trying to mount a file instead of a + block device, and transparently associate it with a loopback device (and free + the loopback device on unmount) for you. + + You can still use the 'losetup' utility and mount the loopback device yourself + if you need to do something advanced, such as specify an offset or cryptographic + options to the loopback device. config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT - bool " Support for a real /etc/mtab (instead of /proc/mounts)" + bool " Support for a /etc/mtab file (instead of symlink to /proc/mounts)" default n depends on CONFIG_MOUNT || CONFIG_UMOUNT help @@ -339,17 +358,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT BusyBox have a read-only root filesystem, so they will leave this option disabled and BusyBox will use the /proc/mounts file. -config CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_FILENAME - string " mtab file location" - default "/etc/mtab" - depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT - help - Some people have a read only root filesystem, but they also wish to - have the 'mount' utility create an mtab file listing the filesystems - which have been mounted. This option allows you to specify an alternative - location for the mtab file, such as /var/mtab, or /tmp/mtab. The default - value is /etc/mtab, which is where this file is located on most desktop - Linux systems. + Note that even non-embedded developers probably want to have /etc/mtab + be a symlink to /proc/mounts, since otherwise mtab can get out of sync + with the real kernel mount state in numerous ways. config CONFIG_READPROFILE bool "readprofile" |