On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 02:08:28PM +0100, Kristian Amlie wrote: > On 23/11/16 13:08, Ed Bartosh wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:54:52PM +0100, Kristian Amlie wrote: > >> On 22/11/16 12:10, Patrick Ohly wrote: > >>>> ... > >>> > >>> All of these introduce some special mechanism. Let me propose something > >>> that might integrate better with the existing tooling: > >>> > >>> The "rootfs" directory gets redefined as representing the entire virtual > >>> file system. When creating a disk image, it gets split up into different > >>> partitions based on the image configuration. > >>> > >>> For example, the /home or /data directories in the rootfs could hold the > >>> content that in some image configurations goes into separate partitions. > >>> > >>> The advantage of this approach is that the tooling for staging content > >>> for image creation does not need to be changed. The same staged content > >>> then can be used to create different images, potentially even using > >>> different partition layouts. > >> > >> That's a very good idea. I think it beats all of my suggestions! > >> > >>> To implement this approach with wic, wic needs to be taught how to > >>> exclude directories from the main rootfs. Ideally, the mkfs.* tools > >>> should also support that without having to make an intermediate copy of > >>> the files for a certain partition, but initially wic could create > >>> temporary directory trees. > >> > >> Yes, some work would be needed here, but ultimately it would be contained > >> within wic and related tools, which is a good thing. > >> > > > > I support the idea. Let's discuss the details of implementation and > > create a bug in bugzilla to track the development > > Do you want me to create the ticket? (it'll be my first, so apologies in > advance if I omit something important) > Yes, please create an issue in bugzilla and assign it to me. Don't worry. If you miss something other people will point to in in the comments :)
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