Re: RFC: permit link(2) to work across --bind mounts ?

[David Newall]

Mark Lord wrote:
> David Newall wrote:
> > Mark Lord wrote:
> > > But.. pity there's no mount flag override for smaller systems,
> > > where bind mounts might be more useful with link(2) actually working.
> >
> > I don't see it.  You always can make hard link on the underlying 
> > filesystem.  If you need to make it on the bound mount, that is, if 
> > you can't locate the underlying filesystem to make the hard link, you 
> > can use a symbolic link.
> ..
>
> Where people run into trouble with this, is when they simply go to
> move a huge file (DVD image) from one directory to another,
> where the target happens to be on a different bind point of the
> same underlying filesystem.

Does that prevent you from seeing the underlying filesystem?
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