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Date:      Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:02:37 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
To:        Frank Tegtmeyer <fte-sub-freebsd-stable@fte.to>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: jails update
Message-ID:  <20030306140038.M43664@woozle.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <m31y1l1xcz.fsf@teg.local>
References:  <m3znoa8543.fsf@teg.local> <20030305135652.GA83413@ei.bzerk.org> <m3u1ehuc9w.fsf@teg.local> <020c01c2e340$ee8f5c60$19fd2fd8@westbend.net> <m31y1l1xcz.fsf@teg.local>

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On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Frank Tegtmeyer wrote:

FT> One problem with the DESTDIR approach may be the use of
FT> symlinks by a jail administrator - if there are symlinks set for
FT> directories containing the binaries you may overwrite the hosts
FT> directories. Maybe "make installworld" does a check for this too - I
FT> didn't look at it.

We avoid this (and the whole need to update multiple jails) by installing to
dedicated partition and the do multiple read-only null mounts, so each jail has
perfectly equal read-only /usr (with symlinks outside to /home, /local, etc)

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                   [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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