> if you want to > find how the modifications to /386/lib/libc.a, you know where that > is. if you bind 100 packages on top of /386/lib, it becomes necessary > to deconstruct namespaces continually. the abstraction of namespace > starts to break down.
Dump deals with 'physical' paths; you have to think of history and friends in that light. This is why you can't, e.g., 'history /bin/rc'. This doesn't mean history is broken. Dumps and snapshots are tied directly to fossil/venti/kenfs et al, and work in that context.
