Add support for Aufs

Bug #187259 reported by Julian Andres Klode
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casper (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: casper

I attached a patch which changes the default unionfs to aufs and provides a fallback selection via unionfs=unionfs.

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :
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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

small information: rr is real-readonly, not a typo

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

Please note that I didn't had the chance yet to test this patch. But it is almost the one used in live-initramfs (Debian's casper fork).
This updates the "mount failed" panic, too.

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

Still some bugs in the patch, will fix them soon.

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

See the branch.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package casper - 1.118

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casper (1.118) hardy; urgency=low

  [ Julian Andres Klode, Colin Watson ]
  * Use aufs instead of unionfs if union=aufs is given (LP: #187259).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:00:36 +0000

Changed in casper:
status: New → Fix Released
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