Ubuntu
util-linux package

Link to www.namesys.com in 'man mount' is dead

Bug #264555 reported by Peter Belew
2
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util-linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

The link below in the manual page for 'mount' is dead:

Mount options for reiserfs
       Reiserfs is a journaling filesystem. The reiserfs mount options are
       more fully described at http://www.namesys.com/mount-options.html.

The owner of this URL, Hans Reiser, is in prison for murdering his wife. The site www.namesys.com no longer exists, though the name is still registered to Hans Reiser at his former address. If anyone is maintaining reiserfs, this link should be changed in the man file and other docs.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

I can confirm this.

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Peter Belew (peterbe) wrote :

Fortunately, much of Reiser's company's site is archived at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20071023172417/www.namesys.com/

and

http://web.archive.org/web/20071010003927/www.namesys.com/mount-options.html

is apparently the page referenced in the man page for 'mount'.

Hopefully, someone is maintaining reiserfs.

Phillip Susi (psusi)
affects: mountapp (Ubuntu) → util-linux (Ubuntu)
Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Chris Hofstaedtler (zeha) wrote :

Upstream fixed in v2.15.

Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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