Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4)

Frank van Maarseveen
2004-09-03T08:50:18Z

On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:43:44AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
> >
> You don't need kernel support for cd'ing into fs images.
> You need a shell (or GUI app) that:
> 1. notices that user tries to CD into a file, not a directory
> 2. Attempts fs type detection and do a loop mount.
> 3. Give error message if it wasn't a supported fs image.

Ok, and right now I'm in vim typing this message and want
to ":new /tmp/backup.iso/etc/fstab"

modifying 1000+ applications is not an option IMO. Putting it in
a preloaded library might be doable except maybe for permission
problems but this is incredibly clumsy and lacks the possibility
to implement sane caching behavior because it is process bound.

--
Frank