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Re: /usr/lib vs /usr/libexec



On Wednesday 11 May 2005 05:47, Goswin von Brederlow 
<brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
> > / on LVM allows for snapshot backups which are the most convenient method
> > of backup.
>
> Except that the kernel freezes the device because the DM lock and
> device node updating deadlock.
>
> Might work with udev or devfs, haven't tried that.

It works in Fedora and RHEL4, must be because of udev and tmpfs mounted 
on /dev.

In that case we should make etch use tmpfs for /dev by default.

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