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[.....]
> 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.
> 
> --
> Prof. Julian Assange  |If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people
> 		      |together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks
> proff@iq.org          |and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless
> proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu  |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery

I know someone who attempted this on a linux box - seperating each package
into a distinct tree of its own.

Is unionfs functional in -current ?
-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....