util-linux-ng-2.13

[Greg Schafer]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:06:40PM +0600, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:

> Is it possible to mount the virtual filesystems from outside the chroot, 
> thus completely bypassing the need for temporary "mount" program?

It most certainly is, and that's exactly what current LFS does. But I do
recall some discussion from years ago where it was decided that using the
host's mount binary was considered not kosher.

Even tho' it has minor drawbacks, IMHO it's better to mount the virtual file
systems from within the chroot. It just feels cleaner.. (and it's also
easier on my build scripts :-)

Regards
Greg