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[PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for impersistence

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Message #56 received at 65335 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr>
Cc: 65335 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, paren <at> disroot.org, Andrew Tropin <andrew <at> trop.in>
Subject: Re: bug#65335: [PATCH 0/4] Allow mounting root on tmpfs for
 impersistence
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2023 12:47:19 +0200

Hi,

(You forgot to Cc the bug in your reply, so our conversation went off
the record…)

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> Nicolas Graves <ngraves <at> ngraves.fr> skribis:
>
>> ---
>>  gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm | 5 +++++
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
>> index e4c931fbee..d3c4d01db4 100644
>> --- a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
>> @@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ (define (update-symlinks-script)
>>                             #t
>>                             (G_ "Skipping ~a (not an empty directory)... done\n")
>>                             directory))
>> +                         ((= EBUSY errno)
>> +                          (format
>> +                           #t
>> +                           (G_ "Skipping ~a (dedicated device)... done\n")
>> +                           directory))
>
> How does that relate to the rest of the patch series?  What does
> “dedicate device” mean here?

Your use case is for when ~/.local (for instance) is a separate mount
point (an uncommon use case because mounting file systems on Linux
usually requires root privileges).

I’d suggested “dedicated device” → “underlying device is busy”, and a
short comment above explaining the kind of situation where this can
occur.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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