From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 08:30:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 08:30:14 -0500 Received: from asterix.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de ([134.109.132.84]:64136 "EHLO asterix.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 08:30:03 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:29:04 +0100 From: Ingo Oeser To: Shane Nay Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cramfs is ro only, so honour this in inode->mode Message-ID: <20010108152904.K10035@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> In-Reply-To: <20010108141702.I10035@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> <0101081213390Z.02165@www.easysolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <0101081213390Z.02165@www.easysolutions.net>; from shane@agendacomputing.com on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:13:39PM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:13:39PM +0000, Shane Nay wrote: > This may not initially seem like such a great thing..., but imagine a base > distro being distributed as a cramfs file. Copy the thing over to your HD > and you're done, otherwise the distro packaging has to keep track of > permisions for each file, etc. You can use (GNU-)tar for this. It even keeps track of other bits like ext2fs attributes, AFAIK. > On the other hand..., maybe I'm being "selfish", and this is the right way to > go. You never write to it, so why track the write bits? Yes, I would consider this "selfish" ;-) > (One answer is maybe later we can create a writable cramfs, but > oh well) This could then be solved with union mount and cramfs mount over ramfs or any other writable Unix style fs. Then we might need W bits, but currently they disturb things like "test" and the perl equivalent, which is quite annoying and complexifies code. (Yes, I'm selfish too ;-)) See what Linus and Al think about this. Regards Ingo Oeser -- 10.+11.03.2001 - 3. Chemnitzer LinuxTag <<<<<<<<<<<< come and join the fun >>>>>>>>>>>> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/