From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr>
Cc: 65335@debbugs.gnu.org, Andrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in>, paren@disroot.org
Subject: [bug#65335] [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:07:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87edi96ww6.fsf_-_@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87edj7zkqw.fsf_-_@gnu.org> ("Ludovic Courtès"'s message of "Sat, 09 Sep 2023 12:47:19 +0200")
Hi Nicolas,
Did you have a chance to work on a revised version of this patch set?
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65335
Seems to me that little was missing.
Thanks in advance!
Ludo’.
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
> Hi,
>
> (You forgot to Cc the bug in your reply, so our conversation went off
> the record…)
>
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr> skribis:
>>
>>> ---
>>> gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm | 5 +++++
>>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
>>> index e4c931fbee..d3c4d01db4 100644
>>> --- a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
>>> +++ b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
>>> @@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ (define (update-symlinks-script)
>>> #t
>>> (G_ "Skipping ~a (not an empty directory)... done\n")
>>> directory))
>>> + ((= EBUSY errno)
>>> + (format
>>> + #t
>>> + (G_ "Skipping ~a (dedicated device)... done\n")
>>> + directory))
>>
>> How does that relate to the rest of the patch series? What does
>> “dedicate device” mean here?
>
> Your use case is for when ~/.local (for instance) is a separate mount
> point (an uncommon use case because mounting file systems on Linux
> usually requires root privileges).
>
> I’d suggested “dedicated device” → “underlying device is busy”, and a
> short comment above explaining the kind of situation where this can
> occur.
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-05 13:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-16 9:24 [bug#65335] [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-16 9:29 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 1/4] file-systems: canonicalize-device-name: Ignore the "none" case Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-16 9:29 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 2/4] gnu: services: activation-script: Ensure /var/run existence Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-16 9:29 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 3/4] gnu: build: activate-current-system: Ensure directory existence Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-16 9:29 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 4/4] gnu: system: bootable-kernel-arguments: Ignore the "none" root case Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-20 22:15 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-20 22:16 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v2 1/5] file-systems: canonicalize-device-name: Ignore the "none" case Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-20 22:16 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v2 2/5] gnu: services: activation-script: Ensure /var/run existence Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-21 14:09 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-20 22:16 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v2 3/5] gnu: build: activate-current-system: Ensure directory existence Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-21 14:09 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-20 22:16 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v2 4/5] gnu: system: bootable-kernel-arguments: Ignore the "none" root case Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-21 14:10 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-21 14:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-08-20 22:16 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v2 5/5] gnu: home: symlink-manager: Allow dedicated device skip Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-21 14:12 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence Ludovic Courtès
2023-09-09 10:47 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-10-05 13:07 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2023-10-05 14:30 ` Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-10-12 6:55 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-15 11:45 ` Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2024-02-19 17:48 ` bug#65335: " Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-19 23:47 ` [bug#65335] " Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2023-08-21 14:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-02-04 2:19 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v3 1/5] gnu: build: file-systems: Extend tmpfs fallback Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2024-02-04 2:19 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v3 2/5] gnu: services: Ensure /var/run existence in activation-script Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2024-02-04 2:19 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v3 3/5] gnu: build: activation: Ensure /run existence Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2024-02-04 2:19 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v3 4/5] gnu: system: bootable-kernel-arguments: Extend tmpfs fallback Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2024-02-04 2:19 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH v3 5/5] gnu: home: symlink-manager: Allow busy device skip Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
2024-03-28 4:25 ` [bug#65335] [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence Scott Colby
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