[Nix-dev] nix store: hardlink vs symlink (was Re: python application vs python environment)

[Marc Weber]

Excerpts from Florian Friesdorf's message of Sat Sep 24 23:38:42 +0200 2011:
> But the links would be just intra-store links, or?  Is it a supported
> setup to have parts of the store on different devices?
Some tests in nixos mount a writable filesystem over a readonly store.

It would be hard to mount some /nix/store/* paths only. Usually you put
/nix/store or /nix on its own filesystem or partition ..

Marc Weber