* bug#25286: cow-store destroys /tmp
@ 2016-12-28 16:17 John Darrington
2017-01-02 20:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: John Darrington @ 2016-12-28 16:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 25286
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1. Boot from an installation-os image.
2. cp /etc/issue /tmp
3. ls -l /tmp [observe that /tmp/issue exists]
4. mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt
5. herd start cow-store /mnt
6. ls -l /tmp [observe that /tmp/issue has dissappeared]
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* bug#25286: cow-store destroys /tmp
2016-12-28 16:17 bug#25286: cow-store destroys /tmp John Darrington
@ 2017-01-02 20:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-01-02 21:13 ` John Darrington
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2017-01-02 20:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Darrington; +Cc: 25286
John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:
> 1. Boot from an installation-os image.
> 2. cp /etc/issue /tmp
> 3. ls -l /tmp [observe that /tmp/issue exists]
> 4. mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt
> 5. herd start cow-store /mnt
> 6. ls -l /tmp [observe that /tmp/issue has dissappeared]
Indeed, ‘cow-store’ bind-mounts /mnt/tmp (or whatever the target mount
point is) to /tmp to make sure we have enough disk space if we need to
build things. This was done in commit
0adabad72d58492f08975af0b6b837ebde32a51b in response to a bug report.
Is it a problem for the installer?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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* bug#25286: cow-store destroys /tmp
2017-01-02 20:44 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2017-01-02 21:13 ` John Darrington
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: John Darrington @ 2017-01-02 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Court??s; +Cc: 25286, John Darrington
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On Mon, Jan 02, 2017 at 09:44:46PM +0100, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:
> 1. Boot from an installation-os image.
> 2. cp /etc/issue /tmp
> 3. ls -l /tmp [observe that /tmp/issue exists]
> 4. mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt
> 5. herd start cow-store /mnt
> 6. ls -l /tmp [observe that /tmp/issue has dissappeared]
Indeed, ???cow-store??? bind-mounts /mnt/tmp (or whatever the target mount
point is) to /tmp to make sure we have enough disk space if we need to
build things. This was done in commit
0adabad72d58492f08975af0b6b837ebde32a51b in response to a bug report.
Is it a problem for the installer?
It's not an insurmountable problem. But it is a bit annoying.
J'
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