Hi, > > > All other operations, especially package building, will take place in a > > > unionfs-mounted directoy in a way that a temporary writeable directory > > > is placed _above_ the base directy using unionfs, so that the programs > > > have the regular view of everything, but all and any modifications will > > > end up in the temporary directory. After the package was build, this > > > directory can erased as usual. > > > > A. do you have unionfs that actually works? > > Good point :-). I tried during debconf, but failed. I thought that is > was problem with the new GCC version. I will try to build unionfs maybe > these days agan. > > > B. There is already some works on this; > > --no-targz. > > > > pbuilder-uml uses COW file system, and has already had this feature. > > I've not yet had an experience with usable COW/snapshot file system > > outside of user-mode-linux. > > Ok, I obviously don't care with what file system this is implemented..
So there is blocker to this bug, which I have also been pursuing for the last few years; namely that of lack of COW filesystem that simply works. regards, junichi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]