Bug 783786

$ mount ~/empty/
Unknown option nofail.
Usage:
    mount.davfs -V,--version   : print version string
    mount.davfs -h,--help      : print this message

To mount a WebDAV-resource don't call mount.davfs directly, but use
`mount' instead.
    mount <mountpoint>  : or
    mount <server-url>  : mount the WebDAV-resource as specified in
                          /etc/fstab.
    mount -t davfs <server-url> <mountpoint> [-o options]
                        : mount the WebDAV-resource <server-url>
                          on mountpoint <mountpoint>. Only root
                          is allowed to do this. options is a
                          comma separated list of options.

Recognised options:
    conf=        : absolute path of user configuration file
    uid=         : owner of the filesystem (username or numeric id)
    gid=         : group of the filesystem (group name or numeric id)
    file_mode=   : default file mode (octal)
    dir_mode=    : default directory mode (octal)
    ro           : mount read-only
    rw           : mount read-write
    [no]exec     : (don't) allow execution of binaries
    [no]suid     : (don't) allow suid and sgid bits to take effect
    [no]_netdev  : (no) network connection needed

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still an issue with this line in /etc/fstab:

https://path.to.davshare.de/directory /home/user/empty davfs nofail,user,rw 0 0

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Confirming that this is still present in Fedora 23:

$ sudo mount davfsmnt/
[sudo] password for nickuj: 
Unknown option nofail.
Usage:
    mount.davfs -V,--version   : print version string
    mount.davfs -h,--help      : print this message

To mount a WebDAV-resource don't call mount.davfs directly, but use
`mount' instead.
    mount <mountpoint>  : or
    mount <server-url>  : mount the WebDAV-resource as specified in
                          /etc/fstab.
    mount -t davfs <server-url> <mountpoint> [-o options]
                        : mount the WebDAV-resource <server-url>
                          on mountpoint <mountpoint>. Only root
                          is allowed to do this. options is a
                          comma separated list of options.

Recognised options:
    conf=        : absolute path of user configuration file
    uid=         : owner of the filesystem (username or numeric id)
    gid=         : group of the filesystem (group name or numeric id)
    file_mode=   : default file mode (octal)
    dir_mode=    : default directory mode (octal)
    ro           : mount read-only
    rw           : mount read-write
    [no]exec     : (don't) allow execution of binaries
    [no]suid     : (don't) allow suid and sgid bits to take effect
    [no]_netdev  : (no) network connection needed