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Luke-Jr wrote: |
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> IIRC, having /mnt as anything but an empty directory conflicts with |
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the FHS |
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> also. Gentoo uses /mnt as FHS's /media |
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/mnt : Mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem |
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Purpose |
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This directory is provided so that the system administrator may |
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temporarily mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this directory |
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is a local issue and should not affect the manner in which any program |
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is run. |
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This directory must not be used by installation programs: a suitable |
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temporary directory not in use by the system must be used instead. |
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> On Sunday 19 September 2004 8:16 pm, Dan Armak wrote: |
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>>The FHS says about /usr: "Large software packages must not use a direct |
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>>subdirectory under the /usr hierarchy." I agree this rules out what we're |
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>>doing. The problem is, noone ever proposed a better (more FHS-compliant) |
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>>solution. |
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> So is XFree86/X.org in violation of this also? |
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FHS says about /usr/X11R6: ``An exception is made for the X Window |
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System because of considerable precedent and widely-accepted practice.'' |
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So it's an exception, _not_ the rule. (pls don't start to ask if kde/qt |
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can also be an exception...not it can not imo) |
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