Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While I see your point, I don't think that files are quite the same thing > as mount points. I understand that both make use of filesystem nodes, but > they are each quite different.
Exactly why? FIFOs are also "quite different" but if an application wants a temporary fifo, it puts it in /tmp. > Your suggestion seems to be asking for a change in current practice, as > many distro's package managers already use /var/lib/<something>/ for their > temporary/volatile mount points. Would your idea of specifying > /tmp/<something> require that these packages move there mount points to > /tmp? Why would this be a good idea? I would object to *any* specification. My comments about /tmp are intended to point out that package managers already have a perfectly good solution, *already* supported. If they want to use /var/lib that's fine with me too.
