>> >> Is this a known issue and is there a solution or workaround by any
>> >> chance?
>> >
>> >until unionfs supports mmap, it will be a problem.  There's no good
>> >workaround, beyond modifying the applications to know to prune the path.
>> 
>> On the contrary. There are a LOT of workarounds, ranging from "multimount 
>> networks and pivot_root whoppings" down to a simple "modify the 
>> kernel source" to strip the unwanted parts.
>
>what the heck is the first thing?  the 2nd thing is what I mentioned
>(pruning).

Right. The first thing is, if expanded, a serious pivoting I could not 
understand as long as I had it in the inbox. It was a privately sent one, 
so there is no record in the archives.
I think it was like this solution
  http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/pipermail/unionfs/2005-October/001305.html
the unexplainable part being the
  pivot_root /ram/union /ram/union



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