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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS Edit: addendum Additionally, a hardlink solution (as you point out) really doesn't

by bch 11y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS Edit: addendum Additionally, a hardlink solution (as you point out) really doesn't sound too outrageous to me. A trivial tool to write to manage immutable things like binaries. Or is there some trouble I'm failing to see (possible)?

otterley 11y ago
According to the mount_unionfs(8) man page: > THIS FILE SYSTEM TYPE IS NOT YET FULLY SUPPORTED (READ: IT DOESN'T WORK) AND USING IT MAY, IN FACT, DESTROY DATA ON YOUR SYSTEM.
- bch 11y ago
  You're right. My personal reference for unionfs is NetBSD, which doesn't include such a warning [0]; apparently freebsd's implementation needs some love. [0] http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?mount_union++NetBSD-current http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?mount_union++NetBSD-cur...