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authorKarel Zak2008-04-15 13:44:21 +0200
committerKarel Zak2008-04-15 15:18:48 +0200
commit4ac02d4dd00dcba2ccb14077b981fb2f971ba714 (patch)
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parentmount: add support for sizelimit= mount option (for loop mounts) (diff)
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losetup: mark the option -s as deprecated
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'mount/losetup.8')
-rw-r--r--mount/losetup.810
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mount/losetup.8 b/mount/losetup.8
index c6ba75f16..8076dca77 100644
--- a/mount/losetup.8
+++ b/mount/losetup.8
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Setup loop device:
.IR pfd ]
.RB [ \-r ]
.in +8
-.RB { \-f [ \-s ] | \fIloop_device\fP }
+.RB { \-f [ \-\-show ] | \fIloop_device\fP }
.I file
.in -13
.ad b
@@ -94,12 +94,16 @@ read the passphrase from file descriptor with number
instead of from the terminal
.IP "\fB\-r, \-\-read-only\fP"
setup read-only loop device
-.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-show\fP"
+.IP "\fB\-\-show\fP"
print device name if the
.I -f
option and a
.I file
-argument are present
+argument are present.
+
+The short form of this option (\fB\-s\fP) is deprecated. This short form could
+be in collision with Loop-AES implementation where the same option is used for
+\fB\-\-sizelimit\fP.
.IP "\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fP"
verbose mode