From: Pjotr Prins <pjotr2015@thebird.nl>
To: Claes Wallin <gnu@clacke.user.lysator.liu.se>
Cc: 21209@debbugs.gnu.org, Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org>
Subject: bug#21209: /gnu/store should be able to be a symlink, but it can't
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 11:31:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150808093119.GA13194@thebird.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGv_=Bp5guTWzFGTfc+LkE1UG9LXLAT2xwsahoF_weHpriJfzw@mail.gmail.com>
it is by design that you can't symlink.
On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 06:51:17AM +0200, Claes Wallin wrote:
> Not commenting on the underlying problem, but on your workaround.
>
> On 07-Aug-2015 11:22 pm, "Kragen Javier Sitaker" <[1]kragen@canonical.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Apparently I can’t make /gnu/store a symlink:
>
> [ . . . ]
>
> > I’m working around that by directly mounting the /gnustore partition
> > under /gnu/store now.
>
> [ . . . ]
>
> > /tb/gnustore.ext4 /gnu/store ext4 loop 2 3
>
> You don't need to make a new file system and a loop mount. You could just
> make a bind mount.
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. mailto:kragen@canonical.org
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-07 16:03 bug#21209: /gnu/store should be able to be a symlink, but it can't Kragen Javier Sitaker
2015-08-08 4:51 ` Claes Wallin
2015-08-08 9:31 ` Pjotr Prins [this message]
2015-08-08 15:48 ` Kragen Javier Sitaker
2015-08-18 17:52 ` Ludovic Courtès
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