Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add the ``--mount'' command line option

[Sergiu Ivanov]

Hello,

On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 07:01:37AM +0200, olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 09:14:56PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote:
> > Also, I'd still stand for creating a ``stand-alone'' unionmount
> > translator
> 
> That's definitely still an option, but I refuse to decide on that now.

OK, this is clear.
 
> > Note, that using something like settrans --unionmount could also solve
> > the argument parsing problem, since the mountee command line could be
> > parsed by settrans, then the mountee started by settrans, too, the
> > corresponding unioning translator being expected to only merge the
> > filesystems.
> 
> While not a terribly good argument by itself, this is perhaps some
> indication that implementing it in settrans might indeed be the most
> natural approach...

It might be so, but I do agree that the choice of implementation
approach should be backed by more serious thinking.

Regards,
scolobb