From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Aug 08 00:51:27 2015 Received: (at 21209) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Aug 2015 04:51:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50525 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNw6Q-00069s-Ot for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:51:27 -0400 Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se ([130.236.254.3]:52999) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNw6O-00069j-Pk for 21209@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:51:25 -0400 Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C0940003 for <21209@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 8 Aug 2015 06:51:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 3C3AA4000C; Sat, 8 Aug 2015 06:51:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on bernadotte.lysator.liu.se X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 Received: from mail-oi0-f43.google.com (mail-oi0-f43.google.com [209.85.218.43]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2BC0B40003 for <21209@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 8 Aug 2015 06:51:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: by oio137 with SMTP id 137so62725555oio.0 for <21209@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 21:51:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.215.2 with SMTP id o2mr627410oig.8.1439009477691; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 21:51:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.175.73 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Aug 2015 21:51:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.175.73 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Aug 2015 21:51:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150807160308.GA13042@adjuvant> References: <20150807160308.GA13042@adjuvant> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 06:51:17 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#21209: /gnu/store should be able to be a symlink, but it can't From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2xhZXMgV2FsbGluICjpn4vlmInoqqAp?= To: Kragen Javier Sitaker Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113d2e04bf132b051cc58048 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 21209 Cc: 21209@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) --001a113d2e04bf132b051cc58048 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not commenting on the underlying problem, but on your workaround. On 07-Aug-2015 11:22 pm, "Kragen Javier Sitaker" wrote: > > Apparently I can=E2=80=99t make /gnu/store a symlink: [ . . . ] > I=E2=80=99m working around that by directly mounting the /gnustore partit= ion > under /gnu/store now. [ . . . ] > /tb/gnustore.ext4 /gnu/store ext4 loop 2 3 You don't need to make a new file system and a loop mount. You could just make a bind mount. --001a113d2e04bf132b051cc58048 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Not commenting on the underlying problem, but on your workar= ound.

On 07-Aug-2015 11:22 pm, "Kragen Javier Sitaker" &= lt;kragen@canonical.org> wro= te:
>
> Apparently I can=E2=80=99t make /gnu/store a symlink:

[ . . . ]

> I=E2=80=99m working around that by directly mounting th= e /gnustore partition
> under /gnu/store now.

[ . . . ]

> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 /tb/gnustore.ext4 /gnu/store=C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0ext4=C2=A0 =C2=A0 loop=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A03

You don't need to make a new file system and a loop moun= t. You could just make a bind mount.

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