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Re: support for merged /usr in Debian



On Fri, 2016-01-01 at 20:55 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> 
> > Moving /bin, /sbin, /lib to /usr has some advantages like being able to
> > mount /usr read-only while keeping /etc read-write.  Or sharing /usr
> > between multiple containers and having them only use a different / with
> > different /etc and /var.
> 
> One can mount / read-only while keeping /etc read-write.
> 
> I would guess one can have / shared by containers but /etc and /var different.

So far as I know, /etc as a separate filesystem isn't supported by any
init system or by initramfs-tools.  (Roger Leigh did some work on it
but it was not completed and it needed extra kernel parameters.)

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
All the simple programs have been written, and all the good names taken.

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