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-rw-r--r--manpages/en/live.persist.56
-rw-r--r--scripts/live-helpers17
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/manpages/en/live.persist.5 b/manpages/en/live.persist.5
index eff56da..68c2c81 100644
--- a/manpages/en/live.persist.5
+++ b/manpages/en/live.persist.5
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ relevant if you want to nest custom mounts, which otherwise would
cause errors, or if you want to make the whole media root available
(similar to the now deprecated \fBhome-rw\fR type of persistence).
.PP
-The following options will override the default bind-mount behaviour
-of custom mounts, and are mutually exclusive:
+The following options are mutually exclusive (only the last given one
+will be in effect):
+.IP "\fBbind\fR" 4
+Bind-mount the source directory to \fIDIR\fR. This is the default.
.IP "\fBlinkfiles\fR" 4
Create the directory structure of the source directory on the
persistent media in \fIDIR\fR and create symbolic links from the
diff --git a/scripts/live-helpers b/scripts/live-helpers
index 5306cf5..d8bd613 100644
--- a/scripts/live-helpers
+++ b/scripts/live-helpers
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ get_custom_mounts ()
linkfiles)
opt_linkfiles="yes"
;;
- union)
+ union|bind)
;;
*)
log_warning_msg "Skipping custom mount with unkown option: ${opt}"
@@ -1389,25 +1389,27 @@ activate_custom_mounts ()
while read device source dest options # < ${custom_mounts}
do
+ local opt_bind="yes"
local opt_linkfiles=""
local opt_union=""
for opt in $(echo ${options} | tr ',' ' ');
do
case "${opt}" in
+ bind)
+ opt_bind="yes"
+ unset opt_linkfiles opt_union
+ ;;
linkfiles)
opt_linkfiles="yes"
+ unset opt_bind opt_union
;;
union)
opt_union="yes"
+ unset opt_bind opt_linkfiles
;;
esac
done
- if [ -n "${opt_linkfiles}" ] && [ -n "${opt_union}" ]
- then
- log_warning_msg "Skipping custom mount ${dest} with options ${options}: \"linkfiles\" and \"union\" are mutually exclusive options"
- fi
-
if [ -n "$(what_is_mounted_on "${dest}")" ]
then
log_warning_msg "Skipping custom mount ${dest}: $(what_is_mounted_on "${dest}") is already mounted there"
@@ -1455,7 +1457,8 @@ activate_custom_mounts ()
mkdir -p "${source}"
chown_ref "${dest}" "${source}"
chmod_ref "${dest}" "${source}"
- else
+ elif [ -n "${opt_bind}" ]
+ then
# ensure that $dest is not copied *into* $source
mkdir -p "$(dirname ${source})"
cp -a "${dest}" "${source}"