On 9 July 2011 04:53, Rajko M.
On Friday, July 08, 2011 01:50:03 PM Karl Eichwalder wrote:
If the user manages to mount part of the system ro, he probably knows how to mount it rw for package installation. System changes behind his back is not the way to go.
What if user didn't do anything to mount part of the system read only, but it is part of installation setup?
Why would you provide such an installer feature? Firstly that will involve developing yet more software to maintain the system after. Secondly that software shall be unwanted by the main market for the feature "ro / system filesystem". Thirdly if it becomes a requirement to support this re-mounting, then you loose opportunity to deploy on some media that's physically not writeable eg) DVD. If you automatically undo ro mounting of / or /usr, you just loose the main benefit of the feature; which is no unintended changes except by planned maintenance! So such a feature to end users is pure cost, undoing the benefits accrued to those willing to issue "mount -o remount,rw /" commands or rebuild a fixed snapshot of / for write protected medium. It might be fun project for a developer to implement, but it would not be useful. Regards Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org