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On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 05:59:08PM -0500, Eric Clothier wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2024, 12:53 jeremy wiig <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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> > 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > --
> > > 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.
Maybe I'm missing the point (haven't used jhalfs in ages), but could
you not create a directory to work in, then (as root) bind it to
where it would be if it was a filesystem ?
ĸen
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