Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:33:35 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: proff@suburbia.net Cc: dfr@nlsystems.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: file system layout Message-ID: <199704011733.KAA11592@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <19970401091834.1646.qmail@suburbia.net> from "proff@suburbia.net" at Apr 1, 97 07:18:33 pm
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> The whole file system layout is not effective. > > Each package should have it's own tree. > Configuration modifications should be done using unionfs. > > This allows you to store installed packages on write-protected media > and union over them for any changes. The same goes for the entire > base system. I agree totally. This is the DOS multiroot model being used correctly, as opposed to the way DOS boxes use it. I have long argued that the mount of an FS should be as its own root, and that the mapping of an FS root into the mapped FS hierarchical name space should be a seperate operation. As a nice side effect, all of the NFS export handling and root vs. non-root mount discrepancies, etc. all go away, and simplify the VFSOPS considerably. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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