Libguestfs - Jan 2018 - [PATCH] lib: docs: State that guestfs_list_filesystems is no longer requires to be used soon after launch when nothing is mounted

guestfs_list_filesystems uses mount/umount to discover btrfs sub-volumes and
since 1.37 it generates random mountpoint so it will longer affect already
mounted filesystems if either.
---
 generator/actions_core.ml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/generator/actions_core.ml b/generator/actions_core.ml
index ed8cb16..9a695c0 100644
--- a/generator/actions_core.ml
+++ b/generator/actions_core.ml
@@ -9674,7 +9674,8 @@ content of the device is undetermined or empty.
 
 This command runs other libguestfs commands, which might include
 C<guestfs_mount> and C<guestfs_umount>, and therefore you should
-use this soon after launch and only when nothing is mounted.
+use this soon after launch and only when nothing is mounted
+(it is no longer a requirement since 1.37).
 
 Not all of the filesystems returned will be mountable.  In
 particular, swap partitions are returned in the list.  Also
-- 
2.9.5

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:37:26AM +0200, Mykola Ivanets
wrote:
> guestfs_list_filesystems uses mount/umount to discover btrfs sub-volumes
and since 1.37 it generates random mountpoint so it will longer affect already
mounted filesystems if either.
> ---
>  generator/actions_core.ml | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/generator/actions_core.ml b/generator/actions_core.ml
> index ed8cb16..9a695c0 100644
> --- a/generator/actions_core.ml
> +++ b/generator/actions_core.ml
> @@ -9674,7 +9674,8 @@ content of the device is undetermined or empty.
>  
>  This command runs other libguestfs commands, which might include
>  C<guestfs_mount> and C<guestfs_umount>, and therefore you
should
> -use this soon after launch and only when nothing is mounted.
> +use this soon after launch and only when nothing is mounted
> +(it is no longer a requirement since 1.37).
>  
>  Not all of the filesystems returned will be mountable.  In
>  particular, swap partitions are returned in the list.  Also
> -- 
> 2.9.5
I made some small adjustments to the language to make it read
a little more clearly and pushed it.

Thanks,

Rich.

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