Re: UnionFS Package Management

2011-01-27 Thread Mike McCarty
Smartboy wrote: > It isn't enough just to install AUFS or UnionFS within the development > environment. I think it also needs something else, like being installed > in the host's kernel, though even after that I couldn't get AUFS to work > within a chroot. Yes, that's part of "installed". It mu

Re: UnionFS Package Management

2011-01-27 Thread Smartboy
On 01/27/2011 11:28 AM, Mike McCarty wrote: > Smartboy wrote: >> I've been pursuing the UnionFS hint quite a bit over the past couple >> years, though each attempt has either failed or I just never had time to >> finish it. The biggest problem is that I don't know how to get >> UnionFS/AUFS availab

Re: UnionFS Package Management

2011-01-27 Thread Mike McCarty
Ken Moffat wrote: > Things you might want to consider are "how often do I revert a > change of the installed packages ?" and "how long does it take to > notice that an upgrade gave a problem?". I've noticed "upgrades" actually being bad within a few minutes, on occasion :-) I've reverted probabl

Re: UnionFS Package Management

2011-01-27 Thread Mike McCarty
Smartboy wrote: > I've been pursuing the UnionFS hint quite a bit over the past couple > years, though each attempt has either failed or I just never had time to > finish it. The biggest problem is that I don't know how to get > UnionFS/AUFS available during the Chapter 6 build, though I may hav

Re: UnionFS Package Management

2011-01-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:11:14PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > but two took were more severe and > took a lot longer to fix hmm, I might be more thunk than I drink I am ;) ĸen, who admits to celebrating the 'Immortal Memory' on the 25th. -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce

Re: UnionFS Package Management

2011-01-25 Thread Smartboy
On 01/25/2011 02:10 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: > Pursuing the subject of package management, I've been considering > the use more than one of the hints. One hint I've explored somewhat > is the Package User hint. I must admit, that while it's simple, > and attractive, I don't like burdening something

Re: UnionFS Package Management

2011-01-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 04:10:03PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > I'd like to open discussion of relative merits and demerits. I like > the ability to load and unload packages "live", and give things > a test drive before commiting to them. > Things you might want to consider are "how often do I

UnionFS Package Management

2011-01-25 Thread Mike McCarty
Pursuing the subject of package management, I've been considering the use more than one of the hints. One hint I've explored somewhat is the Package User hint. I must admit, that while it's simple, and attractive, I don't like burdening something which isn't intended to track packages, namely user