the current status of nullfs, unionfs

[Michael W. Lucas]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 12:38:43PM +0100, Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> A little time ago, phk@ asked for people to submit regression tests for
> virtual filesystem like this [1].  AFAIK, nobody submitted even one test
> so far.  This could be a good starting point to have unionfs work
> correctly again.  However, I think FreeBSD VFS gurus should first spread
> some ideas and clues about tests to do.  I guess indeed there are very
> tricky ones that most common mortals wouldn't even suspect.

But the mere existence of even a basic regression test would be a
start and would encourage people to not hose things further.

Folks, don't let the fact that you're not a guru stop you from taking
a kiddie step and submitting a basic test!

==ml (who uses neither unionfs nor nullfs because of the scary man pages)

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