autofs-5.0.8 - fix variable substitution description From: Ian Kent The desription about Variable substitution in autofs(5) says that translation is done on the key and location fields which is not correct. Expecting to be able to receive a key from the kernel that contains variables to be substituted doesn't make sense and to be able to use map keys with substitution would mean a full map scan for every lookup for all map sources. That is not unacceptable for large maps. --- CHANGELOG | 1 + man/autofs.5 | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- autofs-5.0.7.orig/CHANGELOG +++ autofs-5.0.7/CHANGELOG @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ - fix inconsistent error returns in handle_packet_missing_direct(). - simple coverity fixes. - fixes for samples/auto.master. +- fix variable substitution description. 25/07/2012 autofs-5.0.7 ======================= --- autofs-5.0.7.orig/man/autofs.5 +++ autofs-5.0.7/man/autofs.5 @@ -157,9 +157,10 @@ The special character '&' will be replac in the example above, a lookup for the key 'foo' would yield a mount of server:/export/home/foo. .SS Variable Substitution -The following special variables will be substituted in the key and location -fields of an automounter map if prefixed with $ as customary from shell -scripts (Curly braces can be used to separate the field name): +The following special variables will be substituted in the location +field of an automounter map entry if prefixed with $ as customary +from shell scripts (curly braces can be used to separate the field +name): .sp .RS +.2i .ta 1.5i