This bug is an adition to bug #88835, which mentions the recreation of /mnt/*. This bug is about the dir /mnt itself, not everyone uses it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rm -r /mnt 2. emerge baselayout (or emerge --update --deep world) Actual Results: /mnt reappears Expected Results: Not create that dir. It could e.g. read /etc/fstab to check what dirs are actually needed. Suggestion: If reading fstab, baselayout could create other needed /mnt dirs as well. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3-20050110, glibc-2.3.4.20050125-r1, 2.6.11.7 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11.7 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.11 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Apr 3 2005, 04:32:06)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.6.3, 1.9.4, 1.4_p6, 1.8.5-r3 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.14 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/gentoo/ gentoo.nedlinux.nl/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LC_ALL="en_US.utf8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X aalib acpi alsa avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cap cddb cdparanoia cdr cjk crypt cups curl directfb dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode esd fam fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmxext motif mozilla moznomail mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode vorbis xml xml2 xmms xprint xv xvid zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Refering to "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" v2.3 http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html ---- /mnt : Mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem Purpose This directory is provided so that the system administrator may temporarily mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this directory is a local issue and should not affect the manner in which any program is run. This directory must not be used by installation programs: a suitable temporary directory not in use by the system must be used instead. ---- So far as my interpretation, this is needed, so that root "may" mount...
Very much true, but I don't use it (now). So why keep creating that dir anyway. Or would that just something me (and maybe others) just have to live with, or just learn to use? Because now I just use /cdrom to mount iso's when it's not in use.
FHS is irrelevant. We don't consider it to be an authoritative standard. Any FHS compliance we may or may not have is merely coincidental.
Comment #2: Your /cdrom belongs to /media if you hate /mnt that much. Don
Comment #2: Your /cdrom belongs to /media if you hate /mnt that much. Don´t touch my /mnt :p
although i think it's a stupid idea i dont mind it Uberlord: feel like doing it up again ?
fixed in baselayout 1.11.12
