FS#68660 - [util-linux] 2.36.1-1 break fstab cifs mount

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 10:04 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Thursday, 19 November 2020, 21:45 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
It is not possible to do cifs mount through fstab:
error on syslog:
Unknown mount option "symfollow"

It seems other filesystems are affected too:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/util-linux-2-36-1-breaks-fuse-sshfs-4175685400/
This task depends upon

Closed by  Christian Hesse (eworm)
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 21:45 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  util-linux 2.36.1-3
Comment by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 12:11 GMT
As far as I can tell, the two lines that cause this

+ if (!(cxt->mountflags & MS_NOSYMFOLLOW))
+ mnt_optstr_append_option(optstr, "symfollow", NULL);

are wrong anyway, because MS_NOSYMFOLLOW is not part of MS_SECURE, so there's no need to add symfollow.
Comment by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 12:17 GMT
https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1193
Comment by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 13:11 GMT
Just reverted that commit for now...
Please try util-linux 2.36.1-3

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