Re: /usr/src on NFS - and /usr/ports

["A. Farber" <farber@cpan.org>]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:55:00AM -0800, David S. wrote:
> 	% mount -t nfs -o ro server:/usr/src /var/tmp/mnt/src
> 	% mount -t union -o -b /var/tmp/mnt/src /usr/src
> 
> Changes made by the client to '/usr/src' are only local, as
> 'server:/usr/src' is read-only.  A reference to file or directory
> under '/usr/src' on the client goes to the client's version.  If
> the file doesn't exist locally, the reference falls through to
> the server.  See the man page for "mount_union".

Thanks but I've read somewhere on this 
list, that mount_union is unreliable?