--- nfs-utils-1.0.9/utils/mount/mount.c.orig	2008-10-07 09:03:37.498090000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-1.0.9/utils/mount/mount.c	2008-10-07 09:29:54.218664000 -0400
@@ -556,26 +556,27 @@
 				&extra_opts, &mount_opts, fake, nomtab, FOREGROUND);
 
 	if (mnt_err == EX_BG) {
-		printf("%s: backgrounding \"%s\"\n", progname, spec);
-		fflush(stdout);
-
+		if (verbose) {
+			printf("%s: backgrounding \"%s\"\n", progname, spec);
+			fflush(stdout);
+		}
 		/*
 		 * Parent exits immediately with success.
 		 */
-		if (daemon(0, 0)) {
+		if (daemon(0, 0) < 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to start "
-					"background process: %s\n",
-						progname, strerror(errno));
+					"background process failed to start: error %d (%s)\n",
+						progname, errno, strerror(errno));
 			exit(EX_FAIL);
 		}
 		mnt_err = try_mount(spec, mount_point, &flags, nfs_mount_vers,
 				&extra_opts, &mount_opts, fake, nomtab, BACKGROUND);
 
 		if (verbose && mnt_err)
-			printf("%s: giving up \"%s\"\n",
-				progname, spec);
+			printf("%s: giving up on \"%s\" "
+				"due to %d mount error\n", progname, spec, mnt_err);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return mnt_err;
 }