[brador]

A question was asked, a problem was posed, and it got helpful replies and answers for someone looking for a solution.

It's origin should not matter.

[andrelaszlo]

It was originally closed as a duplicate, the other question had more detail and mentioned the --no-preserve-root flag.

Now it has also been merged with this question. The helpful replies are still there, but the incentive to use the Stack Exchange sites for other purposes is reduced. I think this was a nice solution in this case.