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On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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> I don't see a compelling case being made for why we should make this |
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> change apart from "all the other distros are doing it", and quite a |
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> few reasons why we shouldn't. I'm open to being convinced, so please |
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> tell me why this is good for Gentoo users. |
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So far I've seen a reference to a bug associated with a bunch of |
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systemd issues when it isn't mounted, and the point that many things |
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break in namespaces without the symlink, since /etc/mtab does not |
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reflect the state of the namespace. The latter in particular seems |
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like a pretty fundamental limitation - the very concept of /etc/mtab |
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is that mounts are global, and the design of linux is that mounts are |
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NOT global. |
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If all the other distros are doing it, there is probably a reason. |
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As far as problems with switching - I've only seen one or two |
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correctable issues that seem compelling (NFS issues, and PAM issues). |
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There was a bunch of talk about how making this change will cause a |
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command designed to unmount everything actually unmount everything as |
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well. |
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But please continue to chime in with both pros and cons. |
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Rich |
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