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by dizhn 138 days ago
No snapshotting at all? Thinking about it.. The filesystem does not support it I suppose.
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LiamPowell 138 days ago
Android does use snapshots: https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/virtual_ab
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dizhn 138 days ago
Oh cool. I was a bit confused about not using snapshots and relying on symlinks but it couldn't be so simple. I guess it's just a simple userspace cow mount. https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/virtual_ab#compress...
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