From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Claes Wallin (=?UTF-8?Q?=E9=9F=8B=E5=98=89=E8=AA=A0?=) Subject: bug#21209: /gnu/store should be able to be a symlink, but it can't Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 06:51:17 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20150807160308.GA13042@adjuvant> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113d2e04bf132b051cc58048 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52132) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNw76-00036l-00 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:52:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNw70-0000KN-W7 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:52:07 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46309) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNw70-0000KH-TX for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:52:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNw70-0006Aj-HE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:52:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20150807160308.GA13042@adjuvant> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Kragen Javier Sitaker Cc: 21209@debbugs.gnu.org --001a113d2e04bf132b051cc58048 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not commenting on the underlying problem, but on your workaround. On 07-Aug-2015 11:22 pm, "Kragen Javier Sitaker" wrote: > > Apparently I can=E2=80=99t make /gnu/store a symlink: [ . . . ] > I=E2=80=99m working around that by directly mounting the /gnustore partit= ion > 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. --001a113d2e04bf132b051cc58048 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Not commenting on the underlying problem, but on your workar= ound.

On 07-Aug-2015 11:22 pm, "Kragen Javier Sitaker" &= lt;kragen@canonical.org> wro= te:
>
> Apparently I can=E2=80=99t make /gnu/store a symlink:

[ . . . ]

> I=E2=80=99m working around that by directly mounting th= e /gnustore partition
> under /gnu/store now.

[ . . . ]

> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 /tb/gnustore.ext4 /gnu/store=C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0ext4=C2=A0 =C2=A0 loop=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A03

You don't need to make a new file system and a loop moun= t. You could just make a bind mount.

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