October 1, 2026 at 7:42 AM, "Samuel Thibault" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Samuel%20Thibault%22%20%3Csamuel.thibault%40gnu.org%3E > wrote:
> > [email protected], mailto:[email protected], le jeu. 01 oct. 2026 11:38:39 > +0000, a ecrit: > > > > > October 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM, "Samuel Thibault" <[email protected] > > mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Samuel%20Thibault%22%20%3Csamuel.thibault%40gnu.org%3E > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Mikhail Karpov, le jeu. 01 oct. 2026 06:47:57 +0700, a ecrit: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 00:59:46 Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > > > > > I haven't looked at the details, but the description looks similar to > > > > > the existing unionfs? > > > > > > > > To some extent, yes. You can find details about overlayfs in GNU/Linux > > > > here: https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/overlayfs.html. This > > > translator > > > > works in a similar way. > > > > > > Ok, but what do we do then? We don't really want to maintain two very > > > similar translators. > > > > > > Since overlayfs has replaced unionfs in GNU/Linux, it seems more > > appropriate > > > to adopt the same approach in GNU/Hurd. Furthermore, Docker relies on > > > overlayfs, so it would be highly beneficial if we could port it in the > > > future. > > > > > Ok, but then hurd's unionfs has more features than linux' unionfs, > > notably the stowing feature. > > > > Samuel > > > > I'm way out of the loop here, but does unionfs work on the Hurd? > > > > If I recall correctly, there does not exist a /hurd/unionfs on debian > > Hurd... > > > > Or said another way, I've wanted to try unionfs on the Hurd, and I unionfs > > never > > seems to be installed by default... > > > I thought it was in the hurd-recommended package, but apparently not. > > It is available in > > git clone git.savannah.gnu.org:/srv/git/hurd/unionfs.git/ > > Samuel If unionfs is mostly stable, then I personally vote that we include it in the default install. Thanks for recommending the "hurd-recommended" package.
