On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:55:37PM +0100, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> Again, using /mnt/xenomai does not break any distribution following
> the standard.

Yes it does when I mount my disk on /mnt.  xenomai is hidden.

> Let us try things another way, the possibilities we have are:
> - /mnt/xenomai: a solution that used to be standard but ceased to be
> with the FHS which did not provide a standard replacement, but does
> not break any distribution

As above, it does.

> - /run/xenomai: a solution that relies on the existence on the /run
> directory, which is not standard, but is going to be, maybe.
> - /var/run/xenomai: a solution which does not violate any version of
> the standard, but is not standard either, does not make clear that
> the directory is a mount point (which /mnt does), breaks the
> existing documentation, breaks the existing usages of Xenomai 3, and
> is longer to type.

/ is a mount point too, but the name doesn't imply that either.  That's a
bad argument.

> So, I really find that /mnt/xenomai is the best compromise. There is
> no standard solution, at least /mnt/xenomai is a solution that used
> to be standard.

Well it will break on my system all the time.  It's a very shitty solution
and not a compromise at all.  You are breaking things on my system.

/mnt is for the admin's use only.  No exceptions.

-- 
Len Sorensen

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