Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-volume-manager

For drives that are auto-mounted via gnome-volume-manager (such as USB
HDDs), when the system is shut down, the mount point is not deleted.
This is clear through the following (frustrating) example:

After boot, I plug in my USB HDD.  It is mounted to /media/LABEL.  Now I shut 
down.  The mount point (/media/LABEL) still persists as a folder.
When I boot up again, and plug in the USBHDD, it is now mounted to 
/media/LABEL_ (note the underscore).  

This behavior wreaks havoc with automated backups, as they continue to
backup to /media/LABEL, thus flooding /.

Please make gnome-volume-manager responsibly delete all the mountpoints
that it creates, on shutdown.  Note that simply running rm /media/*
isn't a good solution, since I have other persistent folders in there
that I use.

Thanks!  Have a great day!

** Affects: gnome-volume-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: backups hdd mount point usb

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mount point not deleted on shutdown
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/644548
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