[PATCH] Add exposed root option
> "Jesse W. Hathaway" <jesse at mbuki-mvuki.org> writes:
>
> >> "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.
>
> If you use git show, with color enabled, you'll see that those lines
> will be marked red. That's useless spaces after new line.
>
> An examble, would be that instead of: "\n\n\t<code>" you did
> "\n\t\n\t<code>"
I see, sorry about the confusion, I amended the patches removing the
white space.
live-helper:
commit 00aa1d0c28de2895246a70c2beb09cd1e7e6cd13
live-initramfs:
commit 2a42e887aed345078acc51f8897b10e5c41db505
thanks, Jesse
> See?
>
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