[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 19327 - eelco - in nixos/trunk: modules/installer/tools tests

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

Michael Raskin wrote:

> Eelco Dolstra wrote:
>> * Added a regression test for whether the Nixpkgs channel works.  This
>>   is done by instantiating a webserver that simulates nixos.org.
>>   Using nix-push we create a channel that contains some stuff (namely
>>   the GNU Hello source tarball and the rlwrap program).  This was a
>>   bit tricky because nix-push requires a writable Nix store.  Using
>>   AUFS this is possible, but not on recent Linux kernels (AUFS1 over
>>   CIFS fails).
> 
> Isn't it an example why we need Zen-Kernel or at least AUFS2?

Yes (AUFS2), I even put in a comment saying that :-)

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Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/