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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0074: Remove single filesystem limitation
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:19:45
Message-Id: robbat2-20180214T191652-090092516Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] glep-0074: Remove single filesystem limitation by "Michał Górny"
1 On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 06:09:22PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > Remove the limitation that all files covered by the Manifest must reside
3 > on a single filesystem. This breaks valid uses of overlayfs without
4 > providing any real advantage.
5 Replying for the record:
6
7 I approve this change, because I didn't realize how overlayfs could
8 cause files & directories to show up in a single place with different
9 device IDs. Keeping overlayfs working is more important than the slight
10 security concerns of traversing device boundaries.
11
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13 Robin Hugh Johnson
14 Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
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