Am 25.01.2021 um 19:12 schrieb Marcel Menzel via arch-general: > Hello list, > > I can't get pacman to ignore read-only files via the the NoUpgrade > and/or the NoExtract config options. > > I have several Arch Linux LXC (managed via LXD) containers, with several > read-only files mapped into those containers for convenience. For > example, to have a single resolv.conf for all containers, I configured > the following in LXD: > > devices: > resolv_conf: > path: /etc/resolv.conf > readonly: "true" > source: /root/containerfiles/resolv.conf > type: disk > > Now the problem is, when I want to run upgrades in containers, the > pacman check for disk space fails with: > > error: Partition /etc/resolv.conf is mounted read only > > According to man pacman.conf, setting "etc/resolv.conf" in NoUpgrade > should *in theory* get around this problem for my understandings, but it > somehow doesn't. Also setting both does not work: > > NoUpgrade = etc/resolv.conf > NoExtract = etc/resolv.conf > > Am I missing something out here? Is there any way to accomplish what I > want or do I really have to work with a pacman hook here which copies > the read only mounted file to the original place after a package upgrade? > > Thanks & kind regards, > > Marcel Menzel Following up: Commenting out "CheckSpace" in pacman.conf will lead to the desired behavior. Is this considered worth reporting as a bug in the bugtracker?
