[PATCH] Add exposed root option
> "Jesse W. Hathaway" <jesse at mbuki-mvuki.org> writes:
>
> >> Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >> > Jesse, can you update it using my tree as reference so I can merge
> >> > your patch when I start to merge my pending fixes for a31?
> >>
> >> jesse, do you have a git tree where i can merge from, or do you prefere
> >> me to apply the patch manually?
> >
> > Here is a new cut of the exposed root patch rebased off the current
> > head. Let me know if there are any changes you would like to see before
> > it gets merged.
> >
> > commit deac4cd3cf66f67d43ea072c1b0c35101f4769bf
> > Author: Jesse Hathaway <jesse at mbuki-mvuki.org>
> > Date: Tue Oct 23 16:56:43 2007 -0400
> >
> > add exposedroot option which exposes the root fs as ro
> >
> > This option allows you to expose the root read only. Using
> > this option a person could upgrade the root filesystem or
> > add packages without requiring the user to reboot. The root
> > filesystem could be kept on an nfs volume or some other
> > persistent medium. Multiple clients could then be booted off
> > the same root fs. I used LTSP as a template to determine which
> > directories to make rw.
>
> I've looked this patch and I've found a minor problem with the
> identation of lh_chroot_hacks file. It add lines with empty space on
> it... please remove this empty space as done on all other new lines.
I tried to add space only when I thought it made the code easier to
read, or to highlight an important piece of code. Space is used like
this throughout the existing code so I thought it was permissible. But
if you & Daniel would prefer no white space then I will remove it.
-Jesse
> Example:
>
> + # Config files which need to be RW
> + CONFIG_FILES='/etc/hostname /etc/hosts /etc/resolv.conf /etc/fstab
> + /etc/live.conf /etc/network/interfaces /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> + /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules
> + /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-cd.rules'
> +
> ^^^^^^^^ useless space
> + # Where we will store RW config files
> + RW_DIR='/var/lib/live'
>
> I've not looked your initramfs branch but would be nice to check if
> this wasn't done there too.
>
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