Comment # 39 on bug 902612 from Stanislav Brabec

>> >What problems are you trying to solve?
>> Current fstab situation:
>> 
>> - All "auto" (the default) mounts are handled by systemd.
>> - All "auto" (the default) mounts are handled by mount -a.
>> 
>
>Sorry? Where is "mount -a" in boot sequence? Could you elaborate what you mean?

No. Just two tools that both try to handle "auto" mounts. One tries to mount it
every time it appears (the systemd called on boot), the another one does
one-time mount (mount, currently not called in boot sequence).

Both tools are completely different solutions, and combining mount done by one
and umount done by the second is not a safe way to do things. However both
tools work on top of the same data set: /etc/fstab.

I proposed to keep a single fstab, but add a special flag for all volumes
handled by systemd. Systemd will not touch other volumes, and mount/umount will
be aware that volumes with "systemd" flag need a special care.