Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> # from imacat
> # on Sunday 07 September 2008 12:52:
>
> >> On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 03:00:40PM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote:
> >> This requires the tester to have the infrastructure in place to
> >> clean up afterwards - probably by running in a VM (which itself
> >> limits testing to
> >
> > I believe there is "chroot".
>
> Possibly with a stackable (overlay/copy-on-write) filesystem:
>
> http://www.unionfs.org/
> http://aufs.sourceforge.net/
>
> That means you can run a bunch of stuff and then just wipe out the
> changes from the overlay point. I've played with unionfs on debian
> etch and I think it would do everything you need (possibly even from
> within a chroot) unless your needs involve a few particular things with
> nfs, which is where the aufs "new hotness" comes in.
Unfortunately these are Linux-only, it seems. I would love to have a
_usable_ stacking filesystem on FreeBSD.
Regards,
Slaven
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