[Lxc-users] lxc-destroy erase rootfs

[Papp Tamas]

On 02/07/2013 11:42 PM, Christoph Willing wrote:
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> On 08/02/2013, at 8:37 AM, Papp Tamas <tompos at martos.bme.hu> wrote:
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>> hi All,
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>> Actually there was already a topic about this, but I don't really remember the result, because with
>> lxc v0.7 the rootfs was removed only if it existed in /var/lib/lxc .
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>> If I use v0.9 it's removed anyway during the lxc-destroy process. Why is that?
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>> First I think it would be a great idea if before the remove step there would be !!! RED ALERT !!!,
>> which can warn the user, what it does, as it works differently than in the version before.
>> This is quite dagerous this way.
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>> Second, I suggest a to make it a non-default behaviour, like:
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>> lxc-destroy [-r|--remove] -n container
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>> Actually why does it remove the rootfs? What would be the appropriate way to modify a container
>> configuration if not 'modify config -> lxc-destroy -> lxc-start'?
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> How about:
>      lxc-stop -> modify config -> lxc-start

It would be even simpler.
Anything just do not erase data:)

tamas