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From: Lucio De Re <lucio@pro...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Installing the updates
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 15:10:08 +0200

On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:06:08AM -0400, rob pike wrote:
> 	
> 	I'am not sure if this is interesting or hedious :-)
> 
> This is the essence of what BSD calls union directories.
> 
In which case, it is hideous: there are bugs lurking in union
directories and filesystems (I also can't quite tell them apart, let's
call them "mounts" for convenience) that _nobody_ wants to tackle.
Mostly related to locking, if I'm not mistaken.

++L