Re: [ALFS Trac] #1742: Make some checks ensuring $(MOUNT_PT) is actually a mount point

On Mon, Dec 23, 2024, 12:53 jeremy wiig <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 8:19 AM ALFS Trac
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > #1742: Make some checks ensuring $(MOUNT_PT) is actually a mount point
> > -----------------------------+-------------------------
> >  Reporter:  Pierre Labastie  |       Owner:  alfs-log@…
> >      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new
> >  Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
> > Component:  jhalfs           |     Version:  GIT
> >  Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
> >  Keywords:                   |
> > -----------------------------+-------------------------
> > Description changed by Pierre Labastie:
> >
> > Old description:
> >
> > > If $(MOUNT_PT) is not a mount point, some tests in the systemd suite
> > > fail. This ticket is for discussion of the various checks and fixes
> > > possible.
> >
> > New description:
> >
> >  If $(MOUNT_PT) is not a mount point, some tests in the systemd suite
> fail.
> >  This ticket is for discussion of the various checks and possible fixes.
> >
> > --
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> > Ticket URL: <https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/alfs
> /ticket/1742#comment:1>
>
> I disagree with forcing the user to use $LFS as a mount point. It is a
> valid build strategy, and one I use often, to build to a regular
> directory and not a mounted partition.
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I would also like to chime in and say that forcing $LFS/$MOUNT_PT to be a
mount point could break some use cases. It would certainly make testing
changes to the jhalfs system itself more complicated. As the system is now,
adjusting the jhalfs system can be easily tested by pointing $LFS/$MOUNT_PT
to a regular folder then examining the scripts generated. Forcing
$LFS/$MOUNT_PT to be a mounted filesystem would mean having to keep a spare
filesystem around for testing changes to jhalfs.

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