News 2009-07-31

2009-07-30 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi, The current news read like this: > Samuel Thibault uploaded a new version of the `hurd` > [[Debian_package|hurd/running/debian]] which improves stability. > [[Sergiu_Ivanov|user/scolobb]] implemented most of the > functionality of [[union_mounts|hurd/translator/unionmount]] which allows

Hiding nodes with unionmount

2009-07-30 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi, Would it be possible to hide a node via unionmount? For example I might want to remove a file from the underlying node when I replace it with a new but differently named one (i.e. lib.so.1 -> lib.so.3). Best wishes, Arne --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Unpolitisch sein heißt polit

Re: Hiding nodes with unionmount

2009-07-30 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:14:06AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Would it be possible to hide a node via unionmount? > > For example I might want to remove a file from the underlying node when I > replace it with a new but differently named one (i.e. lib.so.1 -> lib.so.3). Not rea

Re: Grand Unified System Installer (hurd distro) + my taughts and comments - new to hurd contributions, only taking my head out of the sand now.

2009-07-30 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi Ivan, Welcome to the active writers on the bug-hurd list! (since you've been here for a while a simple welcome might be out of place ;) ). Am Freitag, 24. Juli 2009 00:29:19 schrieb Ivan Malone: > This will be a long post. And I hope I dont bore you. This is my first > attempt at contribut

Re: Hiding nodes with unionmount

2009-07-30 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi Fredrik, Am Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2009 10:48:00 schrieb Carl Fredrik Hammar: > A cleaner solution would be to first mount a hypothetical ``filterfs'' > that removes the files, and then do a unionmount on top of that. Also you > could just simply set a lib.so.1 -> lib.so.3 symlink in the mounte

Re: Hiding nodes with unionmount

2009-07-30 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
Hello, On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:12:03AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2009 10:48:00 schrieb Carl Fredrik Hammar: > > A cleaner solution would be to first mount a hypothetical ``filterfs'' > > that removes the files, and then do a unionmount on top of that. Also y

Re: News 2009-07-31

2009-07-30 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
Hello, First of all, thank you for your being the news man :-) On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 09:57:39AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > @scolobb: I took the info from your userpage in the wiki. Is there a way how > for people to access your code? Is it on github like nsmux? Unfourtunately, mos

Server provided ioctl handler details

2009-07-30 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, I've gotten a basic implementation of server provided ioctl handlers working. In which I unconditionally load a server provided module containing the handlers on every call to ioctl, and then immediately unload the module. I would like to discuss some details of the current implementation.

Re: [PATCH 3/4] Conditionally forward some fsys_* RPCs to the mountee.

2009-07-30 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
Hello, On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 09:12:46AM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > This is just a thought that suddenly struck me, I figure I'll get it > out so I don't forget it. > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 01:58:01PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > > +/* Shutdown the filesystem; flags are as for fsys_

Re: Hiding nodes with unionmount

2009-07-30 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi scolobb, Am Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2009 14:37:39 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov: > > $ settrans -a / mine /mnt/usb/arne.tbz > > You mean union-mounting ``mine'' here, right? Note that you still > require root privileges to set a translator on / . (At least I'm not > allowed to do that in my instance of

Re: News 2009-07-31

2009-07-30 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Am Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2009 14:49:03 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov: > First of all, thank you for your being the news man :-) *gg* why do I hear "ice cream man" echoing in my head ;-) I try to contribute in the way I can, and writing these news is the best way I see. I don't have the time to tackle a

Re: Grand Unified System Installer (hurd distro) + my taughts and comments - new to hurd contributions, only taking my head out of the sand now.

2009-07-30 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
Hello, On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 04:16:46AM +0100, Ivan Malone wrote: > Those of you working on unionmount? Do you think unionmount could be > made to work this way, or does it already? Well, unionmount is not yet production ready, since it still requires some work to bring it to a state sufficie

Re: News 2009-07-31

2009-07-30 Thread Sergiu Ivanov
Hello, On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 09:38:43PM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2009 14:49:03 schrieb Sergiu Ivanov: > > First of all, thank you for your being the news man :-) > > *gg* why do I hear "ice cream man" echoing in my head ;-) I love ice-cream :-D If you do,