On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 03:18:39PM +0000, Zaz Brown wrote: [quote] So you copy the directory to dom0 and then use a salt script to copy to all relevant VMs? Is there any existing solution that doesn't duplicate data like this? Because in the case of Emacs, it can be a few GB, in the case of others it could be larger (e.g. pip packages). [/quote] Yes, duplication of data can be an issue, but in most of the cases that I use, the bare configuration is relatively small. In any case, storage is cheap, as they say.
[quote] While Linux's `overlay` adds a little complexity, I think the core of my solution is even simpler than SALT: if you want data shared between all AppVMs, you put it in the TVM. [/quote] Yes, I understand this, and it is a good use case. I'll have to mull over the code (which is why I didnt comment on it the first time), and I'm too tired to do it now. -- I never presume to speak for the Qubes team. When I comment in the mailing lists I speak for myself. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/aNAjMRm9IlPqyhWz%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
