[9fans] Re: Arguments concerning cross mounting /usr/local, /opt

[Alt <alter@p21.kiev.ua>]

2 "Plaen Nein" users: I guess it might be interesting here:

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> ????? "Alt" == Alt  ?alter@p21.kiev.ua? writes:
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>     Alt? Marc D Bumble <marc_bumble@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>     ?? When using UNIX, what are the arguments against cross mounting
>     ?? /usr/local?  Is it better to cross mount /opt?
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>     Alt? What do you mean under "cross mount" ?
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> I mean using  NFS to mount /opt and/or /usr/local  across a network of
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> machines.  I have received excuses that cross mounting the file system
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> cause non specific incompatibilities.  That cross mounting a directory
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> may  cause licensing problems  for commercial  software.  Most  of the
>
> excuses, I believe, are nonsense, or should not be a deterrent, but I
> am  not an  OS  specialist.  I  am  seeking something  in writing.   I
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> thought OSs would be well beyond the stage of standardization by now.
>

! BY THE WAY, there is no such problems in PLAN-9.

> Without cross mounting, systems  quickly degrade into software version
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> inconsistencies,  maintenance difficulties,  lack  of standardization
> across network nodes,  etc.  Plus it just makes  the admin's life more
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> difficult.
>

Oh, I understand.
Yea.You see, UNIX is not the best choice for the such things.

PLAN-9 (and probably Oberon) does it much better.

UNIX is a mainframe.

--Alt.

P.S. I have an old idea of the "multy-dimetional file system".
There will be no troubles like this.


>     ?? What was the intended difference between the two mount points?
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>     Alt? You mean whet difference between /opt and /usr/localWell,
>     Alt? answer is easy.  But first answer me, why the microsoft used
>     Alt? '\' but not '/' in separator in path names ???  ... and why
>     Alt? they used "\h0d\h0a" like a carrier return instead "\h0a" ???
>
>     Alt? Simple, to make the MSux-DOS incompatible with the UNIX.
>     Alt? Same with several UNIXes there was a lot of companies who
>     Alt? made their UNIXes (better say - "UNIX - looklike OSes"), and
>     Alt? they stickup their catalogs in the several places.  Same is
>     Alt? goes with several Linux installations.
>
>     ?? I'm seeking a generic UNIX answer.
>     ??
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>     Alt? Well, try to check out native UNIX
>     Alt? mans. http://plan9.bell-labs.com
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>     Alt? --Alt.
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