> I just built myself a kernel with options UNION, but even so, when I
> do a

> mount -t union /usr/src/sys /home/sys

> I see:

> union: operation not supported.

> What's wrong?

Almost certainly, the top layer is a filesystem that doesn't support
whiteouts.  When this is the case, the union mount has to be read-only.
Yes, this is a flaw (I would almost say "bug") in the union filesystem.

What supports whiteouts?  Under NetBSD, 4.4-style FFS is the only one,
I believe.

					der Mouse

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