mount -a remounts tmpfs entries: bug or feature?

[Rob Landley]

On Monday 24 November 2008 20:04:17 Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> On Monday 24 November 2008 10:21, Ralf Friedl wrote:
> > Vladimir Dronnikov wrote:
> > >     > run 'mount -a' over and over you get stacking mounts
> > >
> > > Personally, I'd like to be able to mount valid stuff the way I wish.
> > > So BB behaves right.
> >
> > For a manual mount, I agree.
> > But I think 'mount -a' should mount everything from /etc/fstab, unless
> > it is already mounted.
>
> Define "already mounted". It's not trivial.

I'm a bit behind on the list and still catching up, but the -o remount logic 
already had to cope with this circa 1.2.2.

Rob