[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#709774: reassigning to schroot: Enable aufs on tmpfs via configuration parameter

[Johannes Schauer]

Control: reassign -1 schroot

Hi,

On Sat, 25 May 2013 13:02:50 +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> build packages with sbuild in an aufs-like union-type schroot can be
> sped up considerably by putting the overlay directory on a tmpfs
> partition, as described on
> http://juliank.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/sbuild-on-a-tmpfs/
> which modifies /etc/fstab
> 
> It would be nicer if this feature could be enabled without touching
> fstab, by a simple configuration option in schroot.conf. This could
> additionally have the advantage that if schroot mounts the overy for
> each instance, instead of deleting the overlay afterwards, it can just
> unmount the tmpfs to get rid of it.

There is little sbuild can do about this because this is a missing feature of a
sbuild backend (schroot) and not of sbuild itself. Thus, reassigning.

Thanks!

cheers, josch
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