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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 08:38:47 -0400
To: 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] formatting the manual from plan9 ports?
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> Thanks to everyone for the advice.
>
> > On Tue May 29 23:48:31 EDT 2012, cinap_lenrek@gmx.de wrote:
> > > short hardcoded paths are an advantage. this is not linux. this
> > > is plan9. there are rules. the kernel already provides a way for
> > > indirection that works for *everything*. mount/bind and private
> > > namespaces.
> >
> > while this is all true, and i agree with you, the problem at hand it
> > to get things formatted on linux.
>
> Right. The problem is that Linux already has a /sys directory. Who knows
> what would break if I mount over that.

you won't know if you don't try.  :-)  chroot yourself or something.

or, you can do it in the source pretty easily.  awk is the perfect tool
for the job.  :-)  you could change every /sys/... to /9/sys/...

- erik