Re: misc/52607: Documentation error for mount_procfs in fstab

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/52607; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/52607: Documentation error for mount_procfs in fstab
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:26:16 +0700

     Date:        Mon,  9 Oct 2017 17:55:01 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <20171009175501.A7CCC7A28C%mollari.NetBSD.org@localhost>
 
   |  also `/proc /proc procfs rw 0 0' correctly works
 
 As does:
 	anything-at-all /proc procfs ...
 
 The "device" field is simply irrelevant for procfs/kernfs/tmpfs (et al.)
 and can be anything.
 
 mount_procfs(8) uses /proc (as does mount_kernfs(8) for /kern) whereas
 mount_tmpfs(8) uses just "tmpfs".
 
 Something should probably say that the arg is irrelevant and ignored,
 and is present (in mount_xxxfs and fstab) merely to be consistent with
 the mount_xxxfs commands (and fstab lines) that mount devices, but what
 is there really doesn't matter at all.   Nothing is right or wrong,
 nor is using /proc vs procfs more or less consistent, both are used.
 
 kre