[ reply to a post from lsb-discuss ] Jochem Huhmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> there seems to be some confusion right now if temporary mounts (of > changable media like CD's) should use /mnt/something or /something. > > Debian uses /cdrom, which is also hardcoded in apt-get. Solaris also > uses /cdrom. Redhat uses /mnt/cdrom. I've always had the impression that > /mnt is the right place for such mounts, since cluttering / with this > (think of /cdrom, /cdrw, /floppy, /jazz, /zip, /dvd ...) is ugly at > least. > > Should the LSB take care of this? The FHS seems to be quite sloppy on > this item. I think this is better addressed in FHS, not here. Is there a reason to avoid bringing it up there first? (I should note that this has been discussed *many* times on the FHS list, with many suggestions and not a lot of agreement.) What worries me is that in the twenty odd postings on this topic here, I didn't see any descriptions of where this was a problem for ISV software. I'm not inclined for LSB to take care of any problem lacking a problem description that negatively impacts application portability. Standardizing away annoyances is not only unnecessary, but also prone to failure. On the other hand, I can actually come up with cases where applications might want standardized mount points for removable devices. The application's installation instructions, for example. I'd still like to see this discussed on the FHS mailing list, though. - Dan
