On Sun, 1 June 2008 15:32:50 +0930, David Newall wrote:
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> I've not used unionfs (nor aufs) so I'm not aware of its foibles, but I
> can say that it's the right kind of solution.  Rather than spend effort
> implementing write support for read-only filesystems, why not put your
> time into fixing whatever you see wrong with one or both of those?

There is a strong argument to be made for fixing some problem once
instead of N times.  But when that solution is M times more complicated,
with M being significantly larger than N, said argument becomes rather
weak.

And having looked at unionfs, I claim that your argument is paper-thin.

Jörn

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